When a brutal murder shocks Istanbul's rundown Jewish quarter, the Turkish police force unleashes their best weapon - the chain-smoking, brandy-swilling Inspector Cetin Ikmen, husband to a strict Muslim woman (who disapproves of his drinking) and loving father of eight (with another on the way). With such a colorful personality and unrivaled investigative powers, Ikmen will surely join the ranks of beloved foreign cops Aureilo Zen and Guido Brunetti.

Belshazzar's Daughter (Cetin Ikmen)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Nadel, Bárbara

Mystery

Minotaur Books

The Ottoman Cage: A Novel of Istanbul

When Leonid Meyer is murdered in his flat in Balat, Istanbul's decrepit Jewish quarter, it seems likely that the motive is racial. But Inspector Cetin Ikmen finds that the evidence leads to two people linked by a 90-year-old woman who thinks she possesses a secret worth killing for.

Belshazzars Daughter

Literature & Fiction

Headline Book Pub Ltd

A Chemical Prison

Inspector Ikmen and forensic pathologist Sarkissian have been friends since childhood. When called to a flat to investigate the death of a 20 year old, the case becomes strange and alters their relationship as the man has been kept prisoner inside a gilded cage.

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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...

Deep Waters: Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama

The body of a teenage girl is discovered in a cistern deep below the city of Istanbul. For the Turkish police force's most talented officer, Inspector Çetin Ikmen, this is a difficult case. The girl was his daughter's friend and her attire, that of a nineteenth-century Ottoman, offers no easy explanation.With his promise of justice to the dead girl's mother still fresh on his lips, Ikmen is suddenly taken off the case and reassigned to the kidnapping of an ageing movie star's wife. The star is hiding something and so, Ikmen fears, are his superiors. A powerful secret exists in the labyrinthine city; one which those on either side of the law will do anything to prevent surfacing...

Harem: Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new TV series

Summer in Istanbul is hot. The kind of heat that can drive even the sanest people a little crazy...
An elderly woman is found dead in a flat with the perfectly preserved body of a young man. In an ancient part of the Jewish quarter, two children are missing. Their father, an artist whose genius borders on insanity, only seems more driven in his work. And a raid on a Russian gangster yields nothing except the dead body of a girl he claims is his daughter. Could the connection to all cases lie in a macabre forgotten art? But Inspector Cetin Ikmen's worries aren't just work-related. His protégé, Suleyman, is going dangerously off the rails, threatening to compromise not just himself but months of painstaking investigation. Ikmen faces a complex case which threatens to rock the very fabric of Turkish society.

Petrified: Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama

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 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...

Deep Waters

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Inspector Ikmen is troubled by the discovery of a body in one of the ancient cisterns beneath Istanbul. The dead girl was a friend of his daughter's and her body is found dressed in the elaborate costume of an Ottoman princess, but Ikmen must focus on a higher-profile investigation.

Harem

Petrified

The disappearance of two children deeply concerns Cetin Ikmen, but even more worrying is that their own family members can't seem to agree when and where they were last seen. Are they covering up and why? The answer, when it comes is even more shocking than the crime.

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