Istanbul's most fabulously flamboyant sleuth is back in her second hilarious adventure
With its exotic Istanbul setting and racy peeks into the city's nightlife, "The Kiss Murder" left readers eager for more of Mehmet Murat Somer's charmingly original heroine. Software programmer by day and drag-queen club owner by night, our girl is back again, just jilted and feeling so blue she's violet?until she meets the hunky, married lawyer, Haluk Perkedem. When their conversation is interrupted by a phone call delivering news that his brother-in-law has been arrested for the murder of a notorious gigolo, she decides to put her sleuthing instincts and Thai kickboxing skills to work unraveling the crime. Filled with witty banter and ominous intrigue, mystery fans of all persuasions will find "The Gigolo Murder" this season's hottest read.

Oh, no Burcak Veral--kickboxing transvestite, nightclub owner, Audrey Hepburn lookalike, and amateur sleuth--has "finally" been invited to strut her stuff on a local television show. But during her appearance, an angry viewer calls in vowing to kill off everyone close to Burcak. Later that night, the show's host is shot dead. What did Burcak do to infuriate the mystery caller? And in a city as chaotic as Istanbul, where does a girl even begin to look?
Dressed to the nines and ready to fight--or flirt--Burcak sets off on a desperate manhunt in another delicious Turkish Delight adventure.