A Chemical Prison (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 2): An unputdownable Istanbul-based murder mystery

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Inspector etin Ikmen and forensic pathologist Arto Sarkissian have been friends since childhood, and their work together in Istanbul's criminal justice system has only served to cement their friendship. When they're both called to a flat to investigate the death of a twenty-year-old, there is no reason to think their relationship will alter. The case, however, is a strange one. Ikmen learns from the neighbours that they have never seen the man enter or leave the flat. The only visitor they're aware of is a solitary, well-dressed Armenian. Stranger still is that the limbs of the body are withered, and the victim seems to have been kept prisoner inside a gilded cage. What is it that's making Ikmen's old friend Arto, himself an Armenian, especially uncomfortable about the case

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'My crime reader is raving about this author, and says this second title is better than her first, BELSHAZZAR'S DAUGHTER. They have an atmospheric Turkish setting, with an excellently drawn investigating officer. Good one and worth watching' Bookseller 'Even better than Nadel's extraordinary first book...tightly organised...the dark, Byzantine plot springs organically from the tensions of race and class in Turkish society, which is treated with a depth and detail unusual in a crime novel' Evening Standard 'A thriller that presents a Middle Eastern city populated by human beings, rather than specimens of oriental exotica, and a British writer who can get inside a foreign skin' Independent 'My crime reader is raving about this author, and says this second title is better than her first, BELSHAZZAR'S DAUGHTER. They have an atmospheric Turkish setting, with an excellently drawn investigating officer. Good one and worth watching' -- Sarah Broadhurst, BOOKSELLER 'Even better than Nadel's extraordinary first book...tightly organised...the dark, Byzantine plot springs organically from the tensions of race and class in Turkish society, which is treated with a depth and detail unusual in a crime novel' -- Evening Standard 'A thriller that presents a Middle Eastern city populated by human beings, rather than specimens of oriental exotica, and a British writer who can get inside a foreign skin' -- Independent 'A brainteasing, thought-provoking tale from a first-rate author' -- Good Housekeeping 'Distinguished and evocative novel' -- Crime Time 'A sure-fire winner' -- Good Book Guide 'Nadel bids fair to be a bright star in the crime-writing firmament' -- North London News 'Exotic and exciting' -- Middlesbrough Evening Gazette 'Nadel depicts Istanbul brilliantly and plunges us deep into the cultural life of the city. Well-written, rich in atmosphere, full of details of the city's turbulent history and has a range of delightful and idiosyncratic characters' -- Manchester Evening News 20000714

Author Bio

Barbara Nadel is a public relations officer for the National Schizophrenia Fellowship.