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Petrified (Hardcover)

by Barbara Nadel (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (2 Feb 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747269149
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747269144
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,238,241 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The disappearance of two children deeply concerns Cetin Ikmen, but even more worrying is that their own family members can't seem to agree when and where they were last seen. Are they covering up and why? The answer, when it comes is even more shocking than the crime.


About the Author

Trained as an actress, Barbara Nadel is now a public relations officer for the National Schizophrenia Fellowship'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.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars How do you like your crime?, 24 Jul 2004
By A. J Thompson "voyagersaus" (Western Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Petrified (Paperback)
For someone who claimed to be completely lost without his children, the famous artist Melih Akdeniz didn't believe in letting the disappearance of his son and daughter stem the tide of artistic creation. Inspector Cetin Ikmen, not unknown himself in certain circles for his uncanny ability to see beyond the present, cannot refuse the desperate pleas of the children's grandmother to find them. It's a matter for thought that as Akdeniz is as much admired as despised; there would be many who would like to see him fall.

The widow Rosita Keyder is found dead in her apartment with a gruesome, long dead companion. The identity of the mummified young man is not known immediately to the police, yet the well preserved condition of the body causes a flurry of interest. Just how old could this corpse be? It seems that a master of the craft would have had to been involved in the process of preserving the young man, perhaps someone known to Mrs. Keyder's past from her life in Argentina. Though Istanbul's mostly Muslim population believe that the dead must be interred shortly after the passing, the grieving rich could be making their own exceptions in opting to keep their loved ones with the living.

"Petrified" details other "crimes" with their investigations running alongside the two summarized above. The reader is granted a multi-perspective viewpoint with other policeman and characters driving action in scenes independent from those of Inspector Ikmen. An organized mind is required to keep a grip on the plot and sub-plots which begin to mesh satisfactorily towards the novel's conclusion.

Author Barbara Nadel has written for Istanbul, in that an amazing amount of detail of the city's life and times is related without involving a ponderous descriptive narrative. Through the mouths of the characters and observations of the main character you feel you are getting a very vivid picture of a very colourful and interesting place. Not a long read but not a fast one either, "Petrified" is worthy of a look if you are familiar with the work of Donna Leon; somewhat dry on the character side of things but refreshingly different from mainstream crime fiction, and in particular, police procedurals.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Easy Reading, 10 Aug 2004
By Mme Roslyn Mor "rosmor3" (Fontainebleau, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Petrified (Paperback)
I have enjoyed all of Ms Nadel's books. She sends me running to my guide of Istanbul each time because her description of the city which I have myself visited fires my imagination. The style is simple, direct and unprententious; the plots are usually ingenious and her main character, Inspector Akmin, warts and all,is quite a lovable character. There is something to be said for the comparison with Donna Leon which figures on the dust cover. What does Ms Nadel think about that?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Clever Plot, But Some Awful Writing., 23 Aug 2006
By S. A. Toohey (Carmarthenshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Petrified (Paperback)
I bought this book for £1.00 from a bargain bin. The story itself is very clever, the characters are believable and the ending is shocking.

However, I found some of the language in the book is incredibly difficult to understand, some sentences and even whole paragraphs do not make sense on first reading. I found myself having to re-read certain passages to try and understand what was being said.

Although this would not put me off trying another book by Barbara Nadel.
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