Harem (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 5) - A powerful crime thriller set in the ancient city of Istanbul (Paperback, New Ed)

This is a tale of Turkish history and customs mixed with violent crime. Istanbul's detective inspector Cetin Ikmen is called to a cistern deep beneath the city where treasure hunters have discovered the body of a teenage girl, Hatice Ipek. Before her death, she had been dressed like an Ottoman princess in an elaborate satin garment decorated with tiny roses. She had also been sexually abused. However, it soon becomes clear that the girl was no innocent and that she could have fallen into the hands of organized criminals who sell 'Turkish delights' to important people, some in high office, who would not want their sexual predilections known. But before Ikmen gets very far with the investigation of this brutal crime, he is pulled off the case. The wife of a famous Turkish movie star has been kidnapped and Ikmen's superiors deem this to be more urgent. Hikmet Sivas, a young boy from Istanbul, made his name in Hollywood in the 1960s. But could the Mafiosi have had a hand in his rapid and somewhat mysterious rise to stardom? Could this have any bearing on the kidnapping of his wife? Ikmen soon begins to see connections between the two cases, but there are secrets which people on both sides of the law seem intent on keeping undercover. Pressure is put upon the detective to lay off. But Ikmen has to know the truth, if only to keep his promise of justice to Hatice Ipek's mother. This is a fascinating and original mystery story with lots of vivid local colour and some intriguing characters - the most human yet idiosyncratic of them all being Cetin Ikmen himself. (Kirkus UK)

The body of a teenage girl is discovered in a cistern deep below the city of Istanbul. For the Turkish police force's most talented officer, Inspector Cetin Ikmen, this is a difficult case. The girl was his daughter's friend and her attire, that of a nineteenth-century Ottoman, offers no easy explanation.With his promise of justice to the dead girl's mother still fresh on his lips, Ikmen is suddenly taken off the case and reassigned to the kidnapping of an ageing movie star's wife. The star is hiding something and so, Ikmen fears, are his superiors. A powerful secret exists in the labyrinthine city; one which those on either side of the law will do anything to prevent surfacing...

General

Imprint:	Headline Book Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2003
First published:	September 2003
Authors:	Barbara Nadel
Dimensions:	176 x 114 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	407
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7472-6720-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
LSN:	0-7472-6720-0
Barcode:	9780747267201

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