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    612-822-4611

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Baksheesh

Baksheesh

Aykol, Esmahan
Whitehouse, Ruth

Paperback

Series: Kati Hirschel Istanbul Mystery

HumorMystery & Thriller

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ISBN10: 1908524049
ISBN13: 9781908524041
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: Mar 5 2013
Pages: 245
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English

Kati Hirschel, the owner of Istanbul's only mystery bookstore, is fed up. It all started when her lover Selim insisted that she behave like the Turkish wife of a respectable lawyer. Looking demure and making witty small talk were the only requirements. Then her landlord announced an outrageous rent increase on her Istanbul apartment.

She has no desire to move in with Selim. She'd rather learn the art of bribing government officials in order to find a new place. Kati is offered a large apartment with a view over the Bosphorus at a bargain price. Too good to be true until a man is found murdered there and she becomes the police's prime suspect. In her second novel Esmahan Aykol takes us to the alleys and boulevards of cosmopolitan Istanbul, to posh villas and seedy basement flats, to the property agents and lawyers, to Islamist leaders and city officials--in fact everywhere that baksheesh helps move things along.

Praise for the first Kati Hirschel Istanbul mystery:

The heroine is an offbeat amateur sleuth with a distinctive narrative voice. Fans of such female detectives as Amanda Cross's Kate Fansler and Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher will find a lot to like.--Publishers Weekly

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