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Ga mee naar het levendige Istanbul met een doorgewinterde politie-inspecteur die complexe moordzaken oplost. Zijn methodische aanpak, die traditioneel speurwerk combineert met een diepgaand begrip van de menselijke natuur, trekt u mee in meeslepende mysteries. Elk deel onthult niet alleen de dader, maar dompelt u ook onder in de rijke cultuur en het ingewikkelde sociale weefsel van Turkije. Duik in sfeervolle misdaadverhalen die net zo boeiend zijn als de stad zelf.

A Knife to the Heart (Ikmen Mystery 21)
A Chemical Prison (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 2)
A Noble Killing
River of the Dead
Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17)
Land of the Blind

Aanbevolen leesvolgorde

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    Belsazars Tochter

    3,5(2)Tarief

    Der alte Jude Leonid Meyer ist ermordet worden. Rassismus als Tatmotiv ?Im Umfeld stößt Inspektor Cetin Ikmen tatsächlich auf Nazisympathisanten, aber auch der Englischlehrer Cornelius ist verdächtig, weil er am Tatort war. Soll er der Polizei erzählen, dass er zur Tatzeit seine schöne und rätselhafte Geliebte Natalia aus Meyers Haus hat kommen sehen ...

    Belsazars Tochter
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    Arabeske

    4,0(2)Tarief

    Warum hielt Erol Urfa, einer der bekanntesten Sänger in Istanbul, seine Ehe geheim? Der Tod seiner Frau und das Verschwinden der Tochter konfrontiert den frisch gebackenen Inspektor Suleyman, einen Aristrokraten, mit der Welt der arabesken Musik voll Schmerz und Leidenschaft. Diese Szene beherrscht Tansu, mit der Urfa ganz offen ein Verhältnis hatte.§

    Arabeske
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    Deep waters

    • 448bladzijden
    • 16 uur lezen
    3,9(368)Tarief

    A man's body, virtually decapitated, is found by the Bosphorus. His identity card names him as Rifat Berisha, an Albanian. The family is impenetrable but when Inspector Cetin Ikmen, whose mother was Albanian, consults his cousin, Samsun, he's left in little doubt that Berisha's death is likely to be the result of a fis , an implacable blood feud between rival Albanian families. Which means the blood already shed will have to be avenged. And if the Berishas or their enemies discover Ikmen is from a noted Albanian clan, some of the spilt blood might be his...

    Deep waters
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    Harem

    • 416bladzijden
    • 15 uur lezen
    3,9(421)Tarief

    The body of a teenage girl is discovered in a cistern deep below the city of Istanbul. For the Turkish police force's most talented officer, Inspector Çetin 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 suddenly taken off the case and 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 surfacing...

    Harem
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    Schleier des Todes

    3,8(4)Tarief

    Während sich der Istanbuler Kommissar Ikmen um die plötzlich verschwundenen Zwillinge eines exzentrischen Künstlerpaars und einen mysteriösen einbalsamierten Mann kümmern muss, kämpft sein Kollege Süleyman gegen die russische Mafia.

    Schleier des Todes
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    Deadly Web

    • 320bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen
    3,8(258)Tarief

    A naked teenage girl is found dead near the beautiful Byzantine Yoros Castle in Turkey. She has stabbed herself through the heart but there is evidence of bizarre sexual practice. In another part of Istanbul, a young boy seems to have committed suicide in similar circumstances. What dark rituals could have compelled them to fatal self-abuse? Inspectors oCetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman follow an internet trail that leads them to an underworld of Goth nightclubs and Satanic worship. But even those murky shadows hide more than they reveal and the answers to an ever increasing number of suspicious deaths is more shocking and terrible than they could ever have imagined.

    Deadly Web
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    Dance with Death

    3,8(352)Tarief

    A body is discovered in a cave in the remote region of Cappadocia, Turkey. The woman died of gunshot wounds, and her corpse has lain undisturbed for twenty years. Who is she and who killed her? Inspector Ikmen is summoned from Istanbul to investigate but discovers a complex web of intrigue. Was it her boyfriend, driven mad by love, or her husband, believing she would never bear the son he wanted so badly? When it is revealed the girl was pregnant when she died, the whispers and accusations increase. Ikmen, stifled among a rural community thriving on legend, folklore and intrigue, begins to think he will never see clearly through the lies surrounding this case. One thing, however, is clear: the past is as potent as the present.

    Dance with Death
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    A Passion for Killing

    • 334bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen

    A killer with means but no motive, and the body count is rising... A man is found dead in a hotel room, a single stab wound in his heart. Could he be a victim of the 'Peeper'? The body of the man is delivered to forensics, but it is entirely clean. Has someone tampered with it? 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 discovers that the young man was hiding a deadly secret...

    A Passion for Killing
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    Pretty Dead Things

    3,4(5)Tarief

    When flamboyant beauty Emine Aksu suddenly goes missing, Inspector Cetin Ikmen's investigation leads him deep into Istanbul's strange and mysterious past. Emine was a hippie in the sixties who enjoyed the liberated free-love lifestyle that swept across the city when the western Europeans flooded into Istanbul. Her husband suspects she was visiting an old friend at the time of her disappearance. Meanwhile, Inspector Mehmet Suleyman discovers the hideous remains of a woman in the old banking district of Karakoy. Could these two bizarre incidents be linked?

    Pretty Dead Things
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    River of the Dead

    • 371bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen
    3,2(5)Tarief

    Convicted murderer and drug baron Yusuf Kaya has escaped from an Istanbul prison. Inspector Cetin Ikmen is called to investigate Kaya's contacts in the city, while Inspector Suleyman heads to Kaya's home town of Mardin, a dangerous city in the south east of Turkey. As Ikmen delves deeper into Kaya's past, the body count continues to rise. Meanwhile, Suleyman discovers that Kaya has another wife, an American woman heavily guarded by members of the Kaya clan. It's not long before the two Inspectors are caught up in a terrifying web of arms and drug running, terrorism, blackmail and murder.

    River of the Dead
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    Death by Design (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 12)

    Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama

    • 352bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen
    3,9(10)Tarief

    Set against the gritty backdrop of lowlife London, Inspector Ikmen embarks on a thrilling quest to unravel a vicious conspiracy. As he navigates the city's dark alleys and complex criminal underworld, he confronts the challenges posed by the characters he encounters, each with their own secrets and motives. The narrative promises a gripping blend of suspense and intrigue, showcasing Ikmen's brilliance as he pieces together the clues that will lead him to the truth.

    Death by Design (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 12)
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    A Noble Killing

    4,0(219)Tarief

    The brilliant new Istanbul crime novel from Barbara Nadel delves into the shocking world of honor killing  In Turkey, the police are called to the scene of what seems to be the honor killing of a young girl. Burned alive, she is not the first girl to suffer such an horrific death in Istanbul. Further investigations by Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman reveal that the girl had a secret boyfriend who has now disappeared. He and the girl's family are prime suspects, even though forensic evidence is scant. Why does the family, in common with other families of girls immolated in the city, now appear to be broke? There are also links to an infamous local gangster. Religion, organized crime, and the lengths some people will go to in order to conform, come together in a tragic story of violence in a divided and changing society.

    A Noble Killing
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    Deadline

    • 373bladzijden
    • 14 uur lezen
    3,9(26)Tarief

    When Cetin Ikmen is invited to a murder mystery evening at Istanbul's famous Pera Palas Hotel he finds himself embroiled in a deadly game of life imitating art. Walking in the steps of the great Agatha Christie, Ikmen experiences fear and hatred which have echoes deep in his own past.

    Deadline
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    Body Count

    • 406bladzijden
    • 15 uur lezen
    3,8(8)Tarief

    A half-decapitated corpse in the poor multicultural district of Tarlabaðsi in çIstanbul poses a particularly frustrating and gruesome mystery to Inspectors çIkmen and Sèuleyman.

    Body Count
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    Land of the Blind

    • 407bladzijden
    • 15 uur lezen
    3,7(7)Tarief

    Istanbul - in antiquity, called the Land of the Blind - is a city where old and new collide, and the fallout can be deadly... In the ruins of the Constantinople hippodrome lies a body: a woman, clutching a piece of red stone. She's recently given birth, but there's no sign of the baby. Inspector ÇetinIkmendiscovers she was Ariadne Savva, a Byzantine specialist on a crusade to protect the historic areas of Istanbul that property developer Ahmet Öden seeks to destroy and rebuild. As Ikmensearches for the lost child and the facts behind Ariadne's death, the people of Istanbul rise up in protest against their government in Gezi Park. Amid the chaos, Ikmenand his colleague Mehmet Süleymanmust unravel a tale of ancient hostility and modern desires, to find the truth concealed within the secret history of their antique city.

    Land of the Blind
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    On the Bone

    3,0(3)Tarief

    The brand-new Istanbul crime thriller staring Inspector Cetin Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph), from Barbara Nadel. ON THE BONE is perfect for fans of Donna Leon. In Istanbul - the golden city on the Bosphorus - ancient myths and modern evils are at work... On a buzzing street in the fashionable district of Beyoglu, a young man drops dead. Ümit Kavas's death was natural but the autopsy betrays a shocking truth: his last meal was human flesh. Under desperate pressure from their superiors, Inspector Cetin Ikmen and his colleague Mehmet Süleyman begin their most obscure investigation yet. How did Ümit Kavas, apparently a good, liberal man, come to partake in the greatest taboo of all? Did he act alone? And who was his victim? Soon they find themselves embroiled in a dark web of underground worlds: of Turkey's old secular elite; a community of squatters; and a new gastronomy scene breaking every boundary. But where does the truth lie?

    On the Bone
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    The House of Four

    3,8(158)Tarief

    The nineteenth novel in the critically acclaimed Inspector Ikmen series from Silver Dagger Award-winning author Barbara Nadel.

    The House of Four
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    Incorruptible (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 20)

    • 336bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen
    3,4(11)Tarief

    'Inspector Ikmen thrillers combine brightly coloured scene setting with deliciously tortuous plots' Guardian INCORRUPTIBLE is the gripping new Istanbul crime thriller starring Inspector Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph), from award-winning author Barbara Nadel. Not to be missed by fans of Donna Leon. In the backstreets of Istanbul, a young woman's body is found. Dumped in a dustbin and covered in cut flowers, she is the victim of a frenzied and vicious stabbing. Inspector Ikmen discovers that the woman was well known in Istanbul. Newspapers had been calling her the blessed woman; cured of cancer in a Christian miracle and a proclaimed messenger of the Virgin Mary. These controversial claims had made her fierce enemies in the predominantly Islamic community and she had unwittingly stirred up divisions amongst the Christians of the city. But as Ikmen digs further into the case he uncovers powerful hatred and dark secrets lurking within her family. And to find the truth he must delve into a toxic world of fear, concealment and lies. The question is: was this a killing in the name of faith or does the answer lie somewhere else?

    Incorruptible (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 20)
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    A Knife to the Heart (Ikmen Mystery 21)

    • 320bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen
    4,0(16)Tarief

    A derelict villa near Istanbul holds dark spirits, secrets and murder... The gripping twenty-first mystery in the bestselling Ikmen series by Barbara Nadel, the Silver Dagger Award-winning author of INCORRUPTIBLE and THE HOUSE OF FOUR. 'The Morse of Istanbul' Daily Telegraph

    A Knife to the Heart (Ikmen Mystery 21)