With a fascinating and topical background, the powerful fourth novel from one of crime fiction's outstanding writers
With a fascinating and topical background, the powerful fourth novel from one of crime fiction's outstanding writers
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...
“"One of the most exciting of new crime writers."”
Intelligent and captivating...recalls Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen - Sunday Times
It's the characters more than the mystery which makes this series so fascinating - Sunday TelegraphTrained as an actress, Barbara Nadel is now a public relations officer for the National Schizophrenia Fellowship's Good Companions Service. Born in the East End of London, she has been a regular visitor to Turkey for over twenty years.
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...
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