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The Snake Stone: Jason Goodwin

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Synopsis:

Istanbul, 1838. In his European palace on the Bosphorus, Sultan Mahmud II, architect of Ottoman reform, is dying and the city swirls with rumours and alarms.

The unexpected arrival of a French archaeologist determined to track down lost Byzantine treasures throws the Greek community into confusion. Yashim Togalu, who so brilliantly solved the mysterious murders in The Janissary Tree, is once again enlisted to investigate. But when the archaeologist's mutilated body is discovered outside the French embassy, it turns out there is only one suspect: Yashim himself.

As the body-count starts to rise, Yashim is embroiled in a race against time to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, encountering along the way such vibrant characters as Lord Byron's doctor, and the Sultan's West Indies-born mother, the Valide.

With striking wit and irresistible flair, Jason Goodwin takes us into a world where the stakes are high, betrayal is death - and the pleasure to the reader is immense.

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Categorised as:

Fiction

Sub-categories:

Crime & Thrillers

Places:

Istanbul

People & Characters:

Yashim The Eunuch

Genres & Themes:

Detectives; Murder Mystery

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