{"product_id":"inspector-ikmen-mystery-1-belshazzars-daughter-tv-tie-in-paperback","title":"Inspector Ikmen Mystery 1: Belshazzar's Daughter TV Tie-In (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbara Nadel's gripping Ikmen mysteries are the inspiration behind The Turkish Detective, BBC Two's sensational eight-part TV crime drama series available to watch on BBC iPlayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarbara Nadel introduces Inspector Cetin Ikmen for the first time in her debut novel, Belshazzar's Daughter. The Ikmen mysteries have been highly praised:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'İkmen is one of modern crime fiction's true heroes, complex yet likeable, and the city he inhabits - Istanbul - is just as fascinating' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Barbara Nadel's distinctive Istanbul-set Inspector İkmen thrillers combine brightly coloured scene setting with deliciously tortuous plots' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA secret worth killing for...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeonid Meyer is found murdered in his flat in Balat, Istanbul's decrepit Jewish quarter, a swastika daubed on the wall in the old man's blood. But Inspector Cetin Ikmen is quick to eschew the obvious conclusion that this is a racist attack. The evidence leads Ikmen and his young lieutenant, Suleyman, to two people: Robert Cornelius, a teacher observed outside Meyer's flat shortly after the murder, and a retired businessman, Reinhold Smits, known to have had Nazi sympathies. But another link connects these two: a ninety-year-old Russian émigré, Maria Gulcu, a widow who thinks she possesses a secret worth killing for...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbara Nadel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44648554954930,"sku":"9781035424924","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/417877_66a83ef5f05066.63223541_9781035424924.jpg?v=1723015938","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/inspector-ikmen-mystery-1-belshazzars-daughter-tv-tie-in-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}