Something bitter on the Princes' Island. An Istanbul mystery.

Adali Yayinlari, 2008

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Year of publication

2008

ISBN

9789759119126

Place of printing

Istanbul

Author

Lawrence Godman.

Publishers

Adali Yayinlari

Size

8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Keyword

PRINCIPO PRINCE ISLANDS ISLE PRINKIPO ARCHIPELAGO CONSTANTINOPLE, ISTANBUL KONSTANTINOPEL CONSTANTINOPOLIS KONSTANTINIYYE MEMOIRS, MEMOIR MEMORY MEMOIRES MEMORIES RUM GREEKS GREEK CULTURE, NON-MUSLIM MINORITIES TURKISH LITERATURE MINORITY DIPLOMACY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WRITERS DETECTIVE NOVELS NOVEL, HARDBOILED HARD-BOILED NOIR ROMAN, Detective, Noir, Hard-boiled, Cloak-and-dagger, Crime

Binding description

Soft cover

Languages

English

Binding

Softcover

Description

As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 232 p. In his fourth Istanbul mystery, Lawrence Goodman moves into the murky world of antiquities theft. Two corpses found in an island cave-one unidentified and the other a seemingly motiveless murder-baffle local authorities. Meanwhile, a Greco-Roman statue of Aphrodite, discovered in the same cave, repeatedly disappears and reappears, frustrating its many pursuers, from a spunky young island girl to self-important government officials, as well as many of the colorful characters familiar to Goodman's readers. As the story unfolds, Aphrodite's lure unleashes unexpected results, and we find that not everyone is what he or she seems to be. All this is wrapped in a rollicking comedy peppered with literary allusions and unexpected twists and turns.