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A Passion for Killing - Barbara Nadel


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A Passion for Killing - Barbara Nadel

 
Description: ISBN 0755321340 / Author: Barbara Nadel / Genre: Crime / Thriller / A killer with means but no motive, and the body count is rising! A ... more
A Passion for Killing - Barbara Nadel ... serial killer is stalking the streets of Istanbul. A man is found dead in a hotel room, a single stab wound in his heart. Could he be a victim of the 'Peeper', a murderer whose target up until now has been gay men? The body of the man is delivered to forensics, but it is entirely clean. Has someone tampered with it? Inspector Mehmet Suleyman finds himself under increasing pressure from his contact at the Turkish Secret Service to keep his findings to himself...Meanwhile a young carpet dealer, on the brink of a huge sale, is found dead in the mangled remains of his Jeep. The deal would have made him -- the carpet he wanted to sell used to belong to Lawrence of Arabia. Inspector Cetin Ikmen finds out that just as the carpet's rich history is stained by bloodshed, so the young man hides a sinister and deadly secret!

Newest Review: ... or the diplomats involved. I adore crime fiction that is set in other countries and having heard that Barbara Nadel had ... more

 ... written a series of books based in Turkey, I was delighted to get hold of a copy. This particular book is the latest in the series, having been published just this year, and has won the CWA Silver Dagger Award. Although the series is called the Inspector Ikmen series, Inspector Suleyman plays an equal part in this book. He is a detective with many years experience and is upset that, for the purposes of the cases in this book, he has to rely on a colleague from the secret service and cannot apprise his other colleague...more

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Premium Review A Passion for Killing - Barbara Nadel: Turkish delight or horror? (603 words)
by - written on 30/07/07 (Very useful, 114 readings)
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There has been a series of murders across Istanbul, and the general consensus is that those killed died because of their homosexuality. Then a wealthy man is found stabbed in his hotel room. He seems to have no connection to the other deaths, but someone in the police hierarchy believes that he is a victim of the same killer, much to Inspector Mehmet Suleyman's surprise. What is more, the body has been wiped clean of all forensic evidence. Another man is found dead near an area populated by some of the city's diplomatic community. He was on the verge of selling a British diplomat a carpet apparently once owned by Lawrence of Arabia. Inspector Suleyman and his ...  Read the complete review

 

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