River of The Dead (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 11): A chilling murder mystery set across Istanbul
By (Author) Barbara Nadel
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
11th June 2009
11th June 2009
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
384
Width 130mm, Height 196mm, Spine 28mm
311g
The chilling psycho-mystery from the highly-acclaimed and award-winning author Barbara Nadel.
Convicted murderer and drug baron Yusuf Kaya has escaped from Istanbul prison. He appears to have had inside help. Ikmen is called to investigate Kaya's contacts in the city, while Inspector Suleyman heads to Kaya's home town of Mardin, a dangerous city in the south east of Turkey. As Ikmen delves deeper into Kaya's past, the body count continues to rise. It's not long before the two Inspectors are caught up in a terrifying web of arms and drug running, terrorism, blackmail and murder...Praise for Barbara Nadel: 'The denouement is exciting...the atmosphere of a city under nightly bombardment is very well portrayed and I'm looking forward to the next book - Sunday Telegraph
Gripping and unusual detective story, vivid and poignant - Literary ReviewImpeccable mystery plotting, exotic and atmospheric - GuardianIntelligent and captivating - The Sunday TimesBarbara Nadel trained as an actress but is now a full-time writer. She has worked as a public relations officer for Rethink Severe Mental Illness's Good Companion Service, and prior to that was a mental health advocate in a psychiatric hospital. Born in the East End of London, she now lives in Lancashire.