A Dead Man in Istanbul - Couverture rigide

Pearce, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0786715979 ISBN 13 : 9780786715978

Editeur : Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, 2005

Synopsis

The Second Secretary of the Embassy in Istanbul has died in decidedly strange circumstances while attempting to swim the Dardanelles Straits, the passage between Europe and Asia, heavily used by warships, liners, and cargo vessels of all kinds. A romantic attempt to repeat the legendary feat of Leander, as the Embassy claims? Or was it an attempt to spy out a possible landing place for a British military expedition, as the Turks are insisting? Whichever, Cunningham has ended up with a bullet in his head. The suspicious circumstances of his death have to be investigated so the Foreign Office sends out an officer of the Special Branch known as Seymour. Istanbul is a fascinating and exotic place in 1908. It is famously the point where East meets West, a matter of some significance as the old Ottoman Empire crumbles and, in the expectation of war, the Great Powers circle for the kill. Very soon Seymour comes to suspect that Cunningham may have been swimming in deeper waters than the Dardanelles.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A murder in Istanbul is entangled with international politics and deadly secrets when an embassy official is shot trying to swim the Dardanelles Straits. Special Branch officer Seymour’s investigation ranges through Istanbul’s graveyards, box shops, and crowded coffee houses, leading to the heart of Topkapi Palace.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Pearce lives in southwest London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786715979
• ISBN 13: 9780786715978
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible