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Críticas

Nadel's novels take in all of Istanbul - the mysterious, the beautiful, the hidden, the banal... Fascinating (Scotland on Sunday)

Nadel makes full use of the rich variety of possibilities offered by modern Istanbul and its inhabitants... both a well-crafted mystery and a form of armchair tourism, with Nadel as an expert guide (Spectator)

Praise for Barbara Nadel's Ikmen series: 'Really refreshing to encounter something as idiosyncratic and evocative...as Barbara Nadel's Istanbul-set thriller (The Times)

Unusual and very well-written (Sunday Telegraph)

Intriguing, exotic...exciting, accomplished and original (Literary Review)

Full of complex characters and louche atmosphere (Independent)

Intelligent and captivating...recalls Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series (The Sunday Times)

Exotic and atmospheric (Guardian)

Reseña del editor

A killer with means but no motive, and the body count is rising...

A man is found dead in a hotel room, a single stab wound in his heart. Could he be a victim of the 'Peeper'? The body of the man is delivered to forensics, but it is entirely clean. Has someone tampered with it?

Meanwhile a young carpet dealer, on the brink of a huge sale, is found dead in the mangled remains of his Jeep. The deal would have made him - the carpet he wanted to sell used to belong to Lawrence of Arabia. Inspector Cetin Ikmen discovers that the young man was hiding a deadly secret...