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Book SynopsisA naked teenage girl is found dead near the beautiful Byzantine Yoros Castle in Turkey. She has stabbed herself through the heart but there is evidence of bizarre sexual practice. In another part of Istanbul, a young boy sems to have committed suicide in similar circumstances. What dark rituals could have compelled them to fatal self-abuse? Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman follow an internet trail that leads them to an underworld of Goth nightclubs and Satanic worship. But even those murkey shadows hide more than they reveal and the answers to an ever increasing number of suspicious deaths is more shocking and terrible than they could ever have imagined.
Trade ReviewPerfect blend of foreign exoticism and impeccable mystery plotting... Superior police procedural sleuthing in which the locale is etched with precision and the city of Istanbul becomes an indispensable character * Crime Time *
Praise for Barbara Nadel's Ikmen series: 'Really refreshing to encounter something as idiosyncratic and evocative...as Barbara Nadel's Istanbul-set thriller * The Times *
Unusual and very well-written * Sunday Telegraph *
Intriguing, exotic...exciting, accomplished and original * Literary Review *
Full of complex characters and louche atmosphere * Independent *
Intelligent and captivating...recalls Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series * The Sunday Times *
Exotic and atmospheric * Guardian *
