Baksheesh: A Kati Hirschel Istanbul Mystery

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Kati Hirschel, in her thirties, is the proud owner of Istanbul's only crime bookshop. She has learned the corrupt ways of her adored city and soon takes possession of an apartment obtained with the help of a generous bribe to a government official. All is well until a man is found murdered in her dream apartment and Kati becomes the police's primary suspect. In her second novel, Esmahan Aykol takes us to the alleys and boulevards of cosmopolitan Istanbul, to posh villas and seedy basement flats, to the property agents and lawyers, to Islamist leaders and city officialsin fact everywhere that baksheesh helps move things along.

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"As a portrait of a fascinating city 'Hotel Bosphorus', the first in the Kati Hirshel series, paints an intriguing and humorous picture. The further exploits of this feisty heroine suggest a promising future for what is intended to be an ongoing series. I look forward to more tales of strong Turkish coffee and cigarettes.' Crime Time

Author Bio

Esmahan Aykol was born in 1970 in Edirne, Turkey. She lives in Istanbul and Berlin. During her law studies she was a journalist for a number of Turkish publications and radio stations. After a stint as a bartender she turned to fiction writing. She has written three Kati Hirschel novels. Hotel Bosphorus is the first and Baksheesh the second. They have been published in Turkish, German, French and Italian.