Belshazzar's Daughter (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) (Inspector Ikmen Mysteries)
byBarbara Nadel
Tourist brochures present Istanbul as a glamorous, modern city, but the brochures don't make much mention of Balat, a decrepit neighborhood of narrow, twisting alleys and crumbling tenements. Until recently it was home to Leonid Meyer, a reclusive elderly Jew who, like many of his neighbors, came here long ago to escape one of Europe's various bloodbaths. But Meyer's refuge ultimately became his coffin, the carnage crowned with a gigantic swastika. A racist murder? Inspector Ikmen has his doubts, and begins tracking down the few people who might have known the old man, including a faded prostitute, a shadowy family of Russian emigr, s, a despairing rabbi, and a high-strung young Englishman in the throes of erotic obsession. The first in a stunningly atmospheric new series from a writer who has deservedly been compared with Michael Dibdin and Donna Leon. FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK Intriguing, exotic, exciting and original - Literary Review (UK)
Language
English
Published on
15/10/2006
Pages
201
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781933397498
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