the snake stone Author:jason goodwin the return of yashim the eunuch investigator, from the international bestseller of "The Janissary Tree." — Istanbul, 1838. Maximilien Lefevre, a french archaeologist, arrives in the city determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure, and immediately rumors start circulating about what his true motives might be. Yashim is hired to investigate ... more »him, but then Lefevre's mutilated body is discovered, and it turns out that there is only one suspect, Yashim. Jason Goodwin's second Yashim mystery puts him at the forefront of historical crime fiction.« less