From the Edgar(R) Award-winning author of "The Janissary Tree"
comes the fourth and most captivating Investigator Yashim mystery
yet It takes a writer of prodigious talents to conjure the Istanbul
of the Ottoman Empire in all its
majesty. In three previous novels, Jason Goodwin has taken us on
stylish, suspenseful, and vibrant excursions into its exotic
territory. Now, in "An Evil Eye," the mystery of Istanbul runs
deeper than ever before. It's 1839, and the admiral of the Ottoman
fleet has defected to the Egyptians. It's up to the intrepid
Investigator Yashim to uncover the man's motives. Of course, Fevzi
Ahmet is no stranger to Yashim--it was Fevzi who taught the
investigator his craft years ago. He's the only man whom Yashim has
ever truly feared: ruthless, cruel, and unswervingly loyal to the
sultan. So what could have led Yashim's former mentor to betray the
Ottoman Empire? Yashim's search draws him into the sultan's
seraglio, a well-appointed world with an undercurrent of fear,
ambition, and deep-seated superstition. When the women of the
sultan's orchestra begin inexplicably to grow ill and die, Yashim
discovers that the admiral's defection may be rooted somewhere in
the torturous strictures of the sultan's harem. No one knows more
about the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul than Jason Goodwin, of whom
Janet
Maslin wrote in "The New York Times": "Mr. Goodwin uses rich
historical detail to elevate the books in this series . . . far
above the realm of everyday sleuthing."
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