Arabesk (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 3)

When the wife of one of Istanbul's best known popular singers is found dead and his baby daughter missing, the newly promoted Inspector Suleyman, scion of one of Turkey's most aristocratic families, finds himself plunged into the magnificently vulgar, overblown world of Arabesk music, dominated by an ageing star, the monstrous chanteuse, Tansu.

“'Who needs a guidebook to Istanbul when Barbara Nadel's atmospheric novels take you right to the heart of the most exotic city in the world. If you like Donna Leon's Venetian novels then you'll like this'”

The Istanbul atmosphere is as thick as Turkish coffee, and the novel is crammed with fascinating information - Evening Standard

'The delight of the Nadel book is the sense of being taken beneath the surface of an ancient city which most visitors see for a few days at most' - Independent

'Particularly interesting for its discussion of Turkish customs and beliefs' - Sunday Telegraph

Barbara Nadel is a public relations officer for the National Schizophrenia Fellowship and as such has great deal of knowledge of the mentally disordered. Born in the East End of London, she trained as an actress and regularly visits her family in Turkey.

When the wife of one of Istanbul's best known popular singers is found dead and his baby daughter missing, the newly promoted Inspector Suleyman, scion of one of Turkey's most aristocratic families, finds himself plunged into the magnificently vulgar, overblown world of Arabesk music, dominated by an ageing star, the monstrous chanteuse, Tansu.

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