Divorce Turkish Style

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Kati owns Istanbul's only mystery book store and, as usual, gets involved in a case that is none of her business. Every day, a beautiful woman lunches alone in the restaurant next to the bookstore. When the woman is found dead in her apartment, Kati immediately recognizes the stranger from the restaurant in images in the newspaper photos. Although the police believe it was an accident, Kati suspects something more sinister has happened. Sani Ankaraligil was an attractive young woman, in the middle of a divorce from her wealthy husband and a politically active ecologist. So who would benefit from her death The industrial companies Sani had accused of polluting the rivers of Western Turkey, or her jealous husband seeking revenge through an honor killing, or a Thracian separatist group The investigation pulls Kati into murkier waters: the marriage may have been a sham, designed to cover up Sani's husband's homosexuality .the role of her mother-in-law goes from distasteful to outright criminal.

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Hotel Bosphorus: 'A wonderful novel about Istanbul. The Turkish way of life, prejudices, men, politics, corruption - ...with a light and humorous touch.' Petros Markaris Baksheesh:'Fancy making a trip to Turkey, but can't quite afford the airfare This could be the next best thing.' Shots Magazine

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. Three Kati Hirschel novels have been published in English. Hotel Bosphorus is the first and Baksheesh the second. They have been published in Turkish, German, French and Italian.