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Belshazzar's Daughter
Belshazzar's Daughter
Author: Barbara Nadel
Tourist brochures present Istanbul as a glamorous, modern city, but the brochures don't make much mention of Balat, a decrepit neighborhood of narrow twisting alleys and crumbling tenements. Until recently it was home to Leonid Meyer, a reclusive elderly Jew who, like many of his neighbors, came here long ago to escape one of Europe's various b...  more »
ISBN: 206093
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: 448
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Publisher: St Martin's Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Great story. The characters are are so real, you feel like you are inside their heads.

An old Jew is murdered in Istanbul's Jewish quarter, but Inspector Ikmen does not buy the Nazi-related clue. The story goes deep into the past of one family, and has a fiery climax. Some graphic scenes, but they advance the story. Can't wait to read another Inspector Ikmen book!

Excellent book.
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