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by Barbara Nadel (Author)
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Headline (3 Feb 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747262179
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747262176
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 96,976 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Evening Standard
`This is an extraordinarily interesting first novel'

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`Best crime fiction of the year by a new writer was Barbara Nadel's Belshazzar's Daughter... great blooming baroque plot (ditto talent)' (Independent )

`This is an extraordinarily interesting first novel' (Evening Standard )

`Really refreshing to encounter something as idiosyncratic and evocative among debut novels as Barbara Nadel's Istanbul-set thriller' (The Times )

`Unusual and very well-written' (Sunday Telegraph )

`Will have you looking over your shoulder' (Scotsman )

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great new detective novelist, 3 May 2000
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It is the characterisation that really makes this book so good. Ikmen and Suleyman come to life as the novel progresses and we learn a little more about each man. By the end, we care about each of them and their lives. The mystery itself was very clever, with various red herrings although the answer - not the identity of the murderer - but the background to the crime - came to me like a thunderbolt about half way through. For anyone who knows something about the historical background to this novel -as I do - the clues are all there, and one paragraph gave it away to me. However, anyone who does not have this historical knowledge will almost certainly be guessing right to the end.

I can't wait to read her next novel.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A poor ending mars this, 3 Feb 2008
An interesting setting, an interesting detective but a rather poor ending. We're taken to explore modern day Istanbul and all its vices with our chain smoking detective who `throws' cigarettes into his mouth with such monotonous regularity one almost wonders about product placement. The story starts of well, there is a murder and the Armenian detective starts the investigation. None of the unnecessary violence that litters many of today's detective novels, this is good old fashioned detective work, which whilst perhaps not quite in the Sherlock Holmes category is pleasing to watch nonetheless. All this is marred by an incredibly bad ending, it's almost as if the author realised she didn't know how to pull the story together and contrived some unbelievable tale of incest, a forgotten but identical twin and a dash of paedophile. It's all rather a shame as it spoilt what was otherwise a very good book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Start, 18 Oct 2006
By Red Kell (Merseyside , UK) - See all my reviews
The main plus points of this novel are the characters Barbara Nadal has created.The plot is unusual and keeps the reader intrigued but it is the main players in the story that make this book a winner.In Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman she has created Detectives up there with the best.The descriptions of Istanbul make it a place that you feel you want to know more about.
I had not heared of Barbara Nadal before I read this book but this book had me rushing out looking for more!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing work
I was so looking forward to this, having just come back from Istanbul. But I'm afraid this is a rather sloppily written novel and not worthy of the city it's set in. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ms. A. Brooke

5.0 out of 5 stars different
As i sit back and think about this book the first word to come to mind is..laughable,not at all what i expected. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2006 by Ms. Aj Jones

2.0 out of 5 stars Quite gripping, but
This is an exciting read despite.........Despite cartoon characters, a plot which moves from improbable to ludicrous and a finale which is almost laughable. Read more
Published on 12 May 2004 by Mr. Stephen Edwards

4.0 out of 5 stars An exotic and crafty page-turner
As a recent convert to the world of crime fiction and a fan of all things exotic and eastern, I seized upon this novel in an airport bookshop. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2001 by Dr. M. Scott

4.0 out of 5 stars Exotic and surprising mystery tale
Fiendishly plotted, Nadel's first novel introduces us to the seamy underbelly of Istanbul where an old man, has been horrbily murdered. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling psychological drama!
I have to confess that this was originally bought on the recommendation of a friend. When the book arrived, I opened the front cover and read the inside sleeve: the hero, one... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!! A compelling read.
A gritty murder mystery set in the back streets of Istanbul. Ms. Nadel has created characters with real depth. Plenty of twists - yet uncomplicated. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 1999

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