Harem (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 5)

An ancient city, the oldest profession and a very modern crime…The body of a teenage girl is discovered in a cistem deep below the city of Istanbul. For the Turkish police force’s most idiosyncratic and talented officer, Cetin Ikmen, this is a difficult case. The girl was his daughter’s friend and her attire, that of a nineteenth-century Ottoman, offers no easy explanation. With his promise of justice to the dead girl’s mother still fresh on his lips, Ikmen is taken off the case. He’s reassigned to the kidnapping of an ageing movie star’s wife. The star is hiding something and so, Ikmen fears, are his superiors. A powerful secret exists in the labyrinthine city, one which those on either side of the law will do anything to prevent escaping. But for Ikmen, there’s no choice, only the truth.

Author Biography

Trained as an actress, Barbara Nadel is now a public relations officer for rethink severe mental illness’s Good Companions Project. Her previous job was a mental health advocate in a psychiatric hospital. She has also worked with sexually abused teenagers and taught psychology in both schools and colleges. Born in the East End of London, she now lives in Essex and has been a regular visitor to Turkey for over twenty years.