Description
| Product ID: | 9780747262176 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Belshazzar's Daughter (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 1) |
| Subtitle: | A compelling crime thriller not to be missed |
| Authors: | Author: Barbara Nadel |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This fantastic debut novel by Barbara Nadel is compellingly atmospheric and has been highly praised: 'Exciting, accomplished and original' Literary Review Leonid Meyer is found murdered in his flat in Balat, Istanbul''s decrepit Jewish quarter, a swastika daubed on the wall in the old man''s blood. But Inspector Cetin Ikmen is quick to eschew the obvious conclusion that this is a racist attack. The evidence leads Ikmen and his young lieutenant, Suleyman, to two people: Robert Cornelius, a teacher observed outside Meyer''s flat shortly after the murder, and a retired businessman, Reinhold Smits, known to have had Nazi sympathies. But another link connects these two: a ninety-year-old Russian émigré, Maria Gulcu, a widow who thinks she possesses a secret worth killing for... |
| Imprint Name: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-02-03 |
