Stell dir vor, du bist zwölf Jahre alt und wirst von deinem Vater nach einem Streit an einer Tankstelle zurückgelassen, mitten in der Wüste von Arizona. Es ist mörderisch heiß, du hast Durst und eine kleine Schwester an deiner Seite, die nur Flip-Flops trägt und genauso große Sehnsucht nach eurer Mutter hat wie du. Aber immer, wenn du nicht mehr weiterweißt, holst du dein Notizbuch heraus und machst dir einen genauen Plan: Vertrau deinem Instinkt. Hör auf dein Herz. Sei mutig, wenn du kannst. – Dies ist die Geschichte von Liberty und ihrer kleinen Schwester Billie, die mehr als nur fast mutig sein mussten, auf ihrem abenteuerlichen Weg zurück nach Hause.
Liebe, Intrigen und Mord im Palast des Sultans …
Istanbul, 1886: Am Ufer des Bosporus wird die Leiche der jungen Engländerin Mary Dixon entdeckt. Und für den zuständigen Ermittlungsbeamten Kamil Pascha ist es wie ein grausames Déjà-vu-Erlebnis: Denn schon einmal wurde in seinem Bezirk eine englische Gouvernante ermordet. Und genau wie Mary Dixon trug auch sie um den Hals ein auffälliges Silbermedaillon – verziert mit dem Siegel des Sultans …
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Rich in sensuous detail, this first novel brilliantly captures the political and social upheavals of the waning Ottoman Empire, as the murder of a young Englishwoman in 19th-century Istanbul becomes the crux of an absorbing tale.
