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Pretty Dead Things (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 10) : Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama - Barbara Nadel

Pretty Dead Things (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 10)

Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama

By: Barbara Nadel

Paperback | 7 August 2008 | Edition Number 1

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When Emine Aksu, the flamboyant wife of an Istanbul style guru, suddenly goes missing, Inspector Cetin Ikmen's investigation leads him deep into her strange and colourful past.

Emine was a hippie when she was younger, who wholeheartedly enjoyed the liberated lifestyle that swept across Istanbul in the sixties. Her husband suspects that she was visiting an old friend at the time of her disappearance. Meanwhile, Inspector Mehmet Suleyman is called to a terrifying scene at the art deco Kamondo Stairs in the old banking district of Karakoy. The skeleton of a woman has been discovered in one of the large plant containers. Could these two bizarre incidents be linked

Industry Reviews
Riveting... Nadel takes us far beneath the surface of the city's ancient streets... A heady and stunningly exciting take on the crime genre * Lancashire Evening Post *
Praise for Barbara Nadel: 'The denouement is exciting...the atmosphere of a city under nightly bombardment is very well portrayed and I'm looking forward to the next book * Sunday Telegraph *
Gripping and unusual detective story, vivid and poignant * Literary Review *
Impeccable mystery plotting, exotic and atmospheric * Guardian *
Intelligent and captivating * The Sunday Times *

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