Blogs in August 2024

Murder in Constantinople 22nd August 2024

Graham Greene meets David Lean in Murder in Constantinople – a historical murder mystery in which a wayward boy from London’s East End is pulled into the hunt for a serial killer on the eve of the Crimean War...

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The Prince of Light 21st August 2024

Esin arrives in Istanbul to pursue her university education, only to find herself inexplicably drawn to a mysterious and charismatic stranger. Emir, returning to Istanbul after years away, is on a quest for an artifact that could alter the...

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Midnight at the Pera Palace 16th July 2024

At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock.   Yet in Istanbul—an ancient crossroads and...

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The Darkest Night 12th July 2024

Inspector Ikmen, Book 26 Dark magic is unleashed on the streets of Istanbul . . . When a newborn baby is found drowned in the shallow waters of the Golden Horn, all-out warfare threatens to erupt between rival criminal...

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Double Illusion 12th July 2024

(Inspector Ikmen Mystery 25) When Ateş Böcek, son of a feared Istanbul gang leader, is arrested for the brutal murder of his Roma lover, feelings of vengeance are ignited among rival Turkish gangs and the Roma community. Forensic evidence...

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