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Inspector Ikmen Series

26 primary works • 26 total works
Inspector Çetin Ikmen, a policeman in Istanbul, Turkey:

Book 1

Belshazzar's Daughter
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3.68 · 2501 Ratings · 187 Reviews · published 1999 · 29 editions
Tourist brochures present Istanbul as a glamorous,…

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    Book 2

    The Ottoman Cage
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    3.91     · 1627 Ratings · 90 Reviews · published 2000 · 20 editions
    Inspector Cetin Ikmen and forensic pathologist Art…

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    Book 3

    Arabesk
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    3.93     · 854 Ratings · 95 Reviews · published 2000 · 15 editions
    When the wife of one of Istanbul's best known popu…

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    Book 4

    Deep Waters
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    4.04     · 623 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 2002 · 16 editions
    A man's body, virtually decapitated, is found by t…

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    Book 5

    Harem
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    3.96     · 661 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2003 · 14 editions
    The body of a teenage girl is discovered in a cist…

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    Book 6

    Petrified
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    3.99     · 512 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2004 · 14 editions
    Summer in Istanbul is hot. The kind of heat that c…

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    Book 7

    Deadly Web
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    3.87     · 427 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2005 · 11 editions
    A naked teenage girl is found dead near the beauti…

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    Book 8

    Dance with Death
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    3.91     · 536 Ratings · 53 Reviews · published 2006 · 11 editions
    A body is discovered in a cave in the remote regio…

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    Book 9

    A Passion for Killing
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    3.93     · 396 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2007 · 8 editions
    A serial killer is stalking the streets of Istanbu…

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    Book 10

    Pretty Dead Things
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    3.94     · 436 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2007 · 9 editions
    When Emine Aksu, the flamboyant wife of an Istanbu…

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    Book 11

    River of the Dead
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    4.09     · 392 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 2008 · 8 editions
    Convicted murderer and drug baron Yusuf Kaya has e…

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    Book 12

    Death by Design
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    4.09     · 394 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2010 · 8 editions
    When the Istanbul police raid a counterfeit goods …

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    Book 14

    Dead of Night
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    3.88     · 293 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 2012 · 13 editions
    Barbara Nadel's gripping 14th Turkish crime novel …

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    Book 13

    A Noble Killing
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    4.10     · 392 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 2011 · 8 editions
    The brilliant new Istanbul crime novel from Barbar…

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    Book 15

    Deadline
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    3.97     · 395 Ratings · 47 Reviews · published 2013 · 7 editions
    The 15th Turkish crime novel from Barbara Nadel, "…

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    Book 16

    Body Count
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    4.12     · 331 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2014 · 8 editions
    Any bloody death will lead Inspectors Ikmen and Su…

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    Book 17

    Land of the Blind
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    4.08     · 341 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 2015 · 10 editions
    Ancient feuds and new dangers bring death to the s…

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    Book 18

    On the Bone
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    4.00     · 338 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2016 · 10 editions
    In Istanbul - the golden city on the Bosphorus - a…

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    Book 19

    The House of Four
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    4.05     · 352 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 2017 · 8 editions
    THE HOUSE OF FOUR is the brand new Istanbul crime …

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    Book 20

    Incorruptible
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    4.16     · 279 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2018 · 8 editions
    In the backstreets of Istanbul, a young woman's bo…

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    Book 21

    A Knife to the Heart
    by
    4.12     · 254 Ratings · 24 Reviews · 6 editions
    The twenty-first chilling Istanbul crime thriller …

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    Book 22

    Blood Business
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    4.13     · 227 Ratings · 21 Reviews · 6 editions

    Brothers Ugur and LokmanBulutare locked in a bitte…

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    Book 23

    Forfeit
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    4.13     · 199 Ratings · 15 Reviews · 5 editions
    GREED, LUST AND BETRAYAL LEAD TO MURDER in Barbara…

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    Book 24

    Bride Price
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    4.24     · 249 Ratings · 14 Reviews · 5 editions
    Every relationship comes at a cost in this tense a…

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    Book 25

    Double Illusion
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    4.40     · 202 Ratings · 18 Reviews · 5 editions
    The gripping twenty-fifth Ikmen mystery from award…

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    Book 26

    The Darkest Night
    by
    4.33     · 204 Ratings · 10 Reviews · 5 editions
    The 26th crime novel in Barbara Nadel's acclaimed …

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