Dead of Night (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 14)
Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama
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Publisher Description
Barbara Nadel's gripping Ikmen mysteries are the inspiration behind The Turkish Detective, BBC Two's sensational eight-part TV crime drama series, out now.
Inner city murder crosses two continents...
Barbara Nadel's gripping Turkish crime novel tackles the treacherous and seedy underworld of Detroit's gang warfare. Dead of Night is the fourteenth thriller in the critically acclaimed Inspector Ikmen series, sure to enthral fans of Anne Zouroudi and Peter May.
'In the fascinating company of Inspector Ikmen... Inter-gang drug war and racial prejudice are only two of the ingredients stirred into the incendiary mix that is Dead of Night' - Good Book Guide
Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman from Istanbul are sent to a policing conference in Detroit, but little can prepare them for the corruption that lies at its heart. When Ezekial Goins, an elderly man of Turkish descent approaches them to crack the long-unsolved murder of his son, a quiet trip takes a far more sinister turn. As they delve deeper into the case, the pair find themselves immersed in a terrifying world of inter-gang drug war and racial prejudice that puts them in mortal danger, and forces Ikmen to confront some demons of his own...
What readers are saying about Dead of Night:
'Dead of Night is a spider web of a book: lots of sticky strands perfectly woven together'
'One of the best books in the series'
'Nadel's Detroit is vividly rendered and clearly well researched. She skilfully excavates the unexpected links within the city's fractured communities'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Nadel's provocative 14th Inspector Ikmen mystery (after 2011's A Noble Killing) takes the Turkish policeman and his fellow inspector, Mehmet S leyman, to Detroit for an international conference on "Policing in Changing Urban Environments." While visiting a housing project, Ikmen and S leyman meet Ezekiel Goins, an elderly man of mixed race, whose son was murdered 30 years earlier. Ikmen, who feels a strong kinship with Goins not only due to ethnicity but because he too lost a son, is drawn into pursuing this cold case. Ikmen's careful interrogations and his own intuition reveal a tangled saga of maverick cops, unscrupulous property developers, and corrupt officials, all united by greed and serious racism. Unfortunately, the complexities spawned by Ikmen's unsanctioned prying are so ponderous they must be repeatedly explained, while a subplot involving a romance back in Istanbul distracts. Still, the fully realized portraits of the two inspectors, both of them experienced, street-smart, and compassionate, bring strength to the story.
