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Petrified (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 6): Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama

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Summer in Istanbul is hot. The kind of heat that can drive even the sanest people a little crazy...

An elderly woman is found dead in a flat with the perfectly preserved body of a young man. In an ancient part of the Jewish quarter, two children are missing. Their father, an artist whose genius borders on insanity, only seems more driven in his work. And a raid on a Russian gangster yields nothing except the dead body of a girl he claims is his daughter. Could the connection to all cases lie in a macabre forgotten art But Inspector Cetin Ikmen's worries aren't just work-related. His prot g , Suleyman, is going dangerously off the rails, threatening to compromise not just himself but months of painstaking investigation. Ikmen faces a complex case which threatens to rock the very fabric of Turkish society.

Praise for Petrified (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 6)

  • Atmospheric, skilfully written and well plotted. - Time Out

Barbara Nadel

Trained as an actress, Barbara Nadel used to work as 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 writes full time, lives in Essex and has been a regular visitor to Turkey for over twenty years.

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