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On the Bone (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 18)

A gripping Istanbul-based crime thriller
  • Author
    • Barbara Nadel
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The brand-new Istanbul crime thriller staring Inspector Cetin Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph), from Barbara Nadel. ON THE BONE is perfect for fans of Donna Leon.

In Istanbul - the golden city on the Bosphorus - ancient myths and modern evils are at work...

On a buzzing street in the fashionable district of Beyoglu, a young man drops dead. Ümit Kavas's death was natural but the autopsy betrays a shocking truth: his last meal was human flesh.

Under desperate pressure from their superiors, Inspector Cetin Ikmen and his colleague Mehmet Süleyman begin their most obscure investigation yet. How did Ümit Kavas, apparently a good, liberal man, come to partake in the greatest taboo of all? Did he act alone? And who was his victim?

Soon they find themselves embroiled in a dark web of underground worlds: of Turkey's old secular elite; a community of squatters; and a new gastronomy scene breaking every boundary. But where does the truth lie?
  • Published: Jun 02 2016
  • Pages: 352
  • 199 x 135mm
  • ISBN: 9781472213822
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Press Reviews

  • Daily Telegraph
    The Morse of Istanbul
  • The Sunday Times
    Intelligent and captivating
  • Guardian
    Impeccable mystery plotting, exotic and atmospheric
  • Literary Review
    Gripping and unusual detective story, vivid and poignant
  • Sunday Times
    Intelligent and captivating
  • Daily Telegraph
    Inspector Çetin Ikmen is one of detective fiction's most likeable investigators, despite his grumpy and unsociable character...think of him as the Morse of Istanbul
  • Guardian
    Impeccable mystery plotting, exotic and atmospheric
  • Independent
    The delight of Nadel's books is the sense of being taken beneath the surface of an ancient city... We look into the alleyways and curious dark quarters of Istanbul, full of complex characters and louche atmosphere
  • Mail on Sunday
    Nadel's evocation of the shady underbelly of modern Turkey is one of the perennial joys of crime fiction
  • Literary Review
    Gripping and unusual detective story, vivid and poignant