Barbara Nadel ist eine englische Krimiautorin, deren Romane häufig in der Türkei spielen. Sie bringt eine einzigartige Perspektive in ihre Erzählungen ein, die auf ihren umfangreichen Erfahrungen in der Fürsorge für psychisch Kranke und der Arbeit mit gefährdeten Jugendlichen beruht. Ihre Erzählungen zeichnen sich durch fesselnde Charaktere und komplexe Handlungsstränge aus, die die Leser in ihren Bann ziehen. In ihrer Fiktion erforscht Nadel komplexe menschliche Erfahrungen und gesellschaftliche Themen und bietet tiefe Einblicke in die menschliche Psyche.
Am Ufer des Bosporus wird die Leiche eines jungen Mannes gefunden. Laut Pass handelt es sich um Rifat Berisha, einen Albaner, der schon einige Zeit in Istanbul lebt. Als Kommissar Çetin Ikmen sich auf die Suche nach dem Mörder macht, muß er jedoch feststellen, das Berishas Familie keineswegs an der Aufdeckung des Falles interessiert ist. Im Gegenteil: Schon bald wird Ikmen klar, daß er es mit einer unerbittlichen Blutfehde zu tun hat, die weit zurück in die Vergangenheit reicht.
Ein kunstvolles osmanisches Gewand, ein Schauspieler mit einem dunklen Geheimnis und zwei rätselhafte Morde: Barbara Nadel verknüpft auf meisterhafte Weise die sinnlichen Traditionen der alten türkischen Kultur mit den Abgründen des modernen Istanbul.
Die Leiche des jungen Mannes sieht aus, als wäre er gestern erst gestorben. Doch der Pathologe schwört, daß der Mann bereits seit Jahren tot ist. Kommissar Ikmen steht vor einem Rätsel - und seine Ermittlungen führen ihn tief in die Geheimnisse der uralten und zugleich so lebendigen Stadt am Bosporus.
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.§
In einer Kalksteinhöhle in Kappadokien wird die Leiche einer Frau gefunden. Über zwanzig Jahre lag sie unentdeckt in dem Höhlensystem. Inspektor Çetin Ikmen kommt aus Istanbul in die archaische Landschaft, um die Ermittlungen zu unterstützen. Er sieht sich mit einer Welt der Legenden, der Lügen und des Aberglaubens konfrontiert, in der die Wahrheit keine große Rolle spielt – Ehre und Intrigen dafür eine umso größere.
Am Ufer des Bosporus wird eine Frau tot aufgefunden. Scheinbar hat sie sich selbst ins Herz gestochen, doch bald wird klar, dass es kein Suizid war. Die Jagd nach dem grausamen Mörder führt Inspektor Ikmen ins Schattenreich der Horrorfans und Satansjünger.
Während die Herbststürme über Istanbul hinwegfegen, grübelt der Inspektor über seinem zweiten Fall. Ein junger Mann wird tot in einer Wohnung in der Nähe des Topkapi-Palastes gefunden. Seltsamerweise hat keiner der Nachbarn ihn jemals das Haus betreten oder verlassen sehen, der einzige Besucher war ein gut gekleideter Armenier mit einem auffälligen Ring. Noch mysteriöser ist allerdings die Tatsache, dass der Körper des Toten übersät ist mit Einstichen von Injektionen und die Muskeln seiner Gliedmaßen offenbar verkümmert sind. Auch waren Türen und Fenster noch vor kurzer Zeit vernagelt. Offenbar wurde der junge Mann wie ein Gefangener gehalten. Aber warum?
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 ...
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.
The gripping twenty-fifth Ikmen mystery from award-winning crime writer
Barbara Nadel will delight her many fans. 'Ikmen is one of modern crime
fiction's true heroes' The Times
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.
The second in a crime series featuring former policeman and soldier PI Lee
Arnold and his Muslim assistant Mumtaz Hakim. A new client, Nasreen, has
sought Hakim's help, but both women are on a path towards destruction as the
consequences of ignoring their instincts become ever more dangerous...
Shocking secrets are revealed when a woman's body is exhumed... The gripping
twenty-second mystery in the bestselling Ikmen series by Barbara Nadel, the
Silver Dagger Award-winning author of A KNIFE TO THE HEART and INCORRUPTIBLE.
'The Morse of Istanbul' Daily Telegraph
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
In the summer of 1976, young John Saunders disappeared in Woolwich Foot
Tunnel. Forty-two years later he re-emerges, complete with an American accent.
Whilst a DNA test confirms his identity, his story does not ring true... what
really happened and why has he come back?
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.
Ex-soldier Lee Arnold and his Muslim assistant Mumtaz Hakim run a detective agency in London's ethnically diverse, crime-ridden East End. Mumtaz is approached by an Egyptian woman, Salwa, whose husband is in Belmarsh prison on terrorism charges. Salwa convinces Mumtaz of her husband's innocence and persuades her to go undercover to prove it. But Salwa is not what she seems. Trapped in an old tunnel that leads to the London docks, will Mumtaz escape with her life?
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.
The gripping twenty-third Ikmen mystery from award-winning crime writer
Barbara Nadel will delight her many fans, as Ikmen and Suleyman uncover the
shocking truth behind a double murder in Istanbul. 'Ikmen is one of modern
crime fiction's true heroes' The Times
The gripping twenty-fourth Ikmen mystery from award-winning crime writer
Barbara Nadel will delight her many fans. 'Ikmen is one of modern crime
fiction's true heroes' The Times
Dark magic is unleashed on the streets of Istanbul in the 26th Ikmen mystery
from award-winning author Barbara Nadel, whose Turkish crime novels are now
the basis of The Turkish Detective, an eight-part TV series on BBC Two.
'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?
Set in Istanbul, this debut novel introduces Inspector Cetin Ikmen, a compelling detective navigating the city's rich history and complex culture. As he investigates a murder that intertwines with the city's past, readers are drawn into a world of mystery and intrigue. The story showcases Nadel's engaging writing style and her ability to weave local color into a gripping crime narrative, making it a captivating start to the series.
Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama
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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.
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...
Facing an incurable illness, Irving Levy is anxious to find someone to whom he
can leave his considerable property. His closest relative would be his younger
sister, but she vanished without a trace at a fairground in the 1960s. When
Irving learns there may be more to the disappearance than he thought, he
enlists the services of Hakim and Arnold.
Out of the blue, private investigator and ex-soldier Lee Arnold receives a
visit from an old army mate. Abbas is convinced he's had contact from his
estranged son Fayyaad, radicalised and thought to be fighting for ISIL in
Iraq. Lee's journey will take him from the Western world to the murky online
recruitment techniques of radical Islamism.
The first in a brilliant crime series set during the Blitz from the wonderful
Barbara Nadel, also author of the hugely popular Turkish crime novels
featuring Inspector Cetin Ikmen
In the dark days of the Blitz, crime goes undercover...Undertaker Francis Hancock has seen the worst that humanity can do to itself. Why then does the murder of a young gypsy girl in Epping Forest move him so much? Travellers, gypsies, the homeless, deserters and German spies inhabit this stretch of open ground that was once her home. Francis knows it's not wise to delve into this human melting pot, but he is drawn to the exotic customs of the gypsies, their music and magic. But as he investigates the girl's murder further, the death toll rises and Francis uncovers a much bigger conspiracy, at the heart of which lies something even Adolf Hitler is prepared to kill for...
Ulicemi Istanbulu se potuluje sériový vrah. V hotelovém pokoji je nalezen mrtvý muž, s jedinou bodnou ranou v srdci. Stal se snad obětí vraha, který se až dosud zaměřoval na homosexuály? Tělo mrtvého policie odveze k dalšímu ohledání, ale nejsou na něm žádné stopy. Manipuloval s ním někdo?
Případu se ujímá inspektor Mehmet Süleyman. Vše se však zahalí ještě větším tajemstvím, když se do věci vloží příslušníci turecké tajné služby. Vyhrožují inspektorovi, že jestli někomu vyzradí výsledky svého pátrání, nepřežije…
Mezitím v troskách džípu objeví s kulkou mezi lopatkami mladého prodavače koberců, který se chystal na velký obchod. To se mu však stalo osudným. Koberec, jejž zamýšlel prodat, totiž patřil slavnému Lawrencovi z Arábie. Inspektor Cetin Ikmen zjistí, že bohatá historie koberce je potřísněná krví a mladý muž ukrýval hřích a strašlivé tajemství…
Mají obě vraždy něco společného? Jak se Ikmen a Süleyman pokoušejí zločiny vyřešit, odhalí neuvěřitelný příběh a velice brzy zjistí, že zdánlivě nevinná kulisa ukrývá vášeň a žárlivost, násilí a šílenství…
