Présentation de l'éditeur
Devastated by the end of her relationship, our heroine swaps her catsuit for pyjamas and hides away from the world. But her friends from the nightclub refuse to let her waste away in self-pity and drag her out to make up the numbers for a party. Only full make-up will suffice, and there's serious grooming to be done before our girl's up to the challenge - her state of misery has left her so thin that even her favourite Audrey Hepburn number doesn't cling the way it should. At the soirée, she becomes entranced with a powerful married man, but it's unlikely their paths will cross again. Until a body is found in the street, stabbed to death - the victim, a gigolo, has connections to the object of her affection. And it seems that the gigolo lifestyle can leave one, ahem, exposed to hidden dangers. Our girl valiantly agrees to take on the case - any meetings with her beloved are an incidental added bonus.
Revue de presse
A whip-smart Istanbul crime series ―
Guardian
Istanbul's Miss Marple - although he prefers leather catsuits to tweed skirts ―
Daily Telegraph
Murkier than the lighting in any transvestite nightclub. A delightful confection ―
Time Out
A piece of genuine exotica...as camp and stereotype-shattering as its predecessor,
The Prophet Murders... -- Peter Millar ―
The Times Published On: 2009-10-24
Biographie de l'auteur
Mehmet Murat Somer was born in Ankara in 1959. After graduating from university, he worked for a short time as an engineer, and for an extended period as a banker. Since 1994, he has been a management consultant, conducting corporate seminars on management skills and personal development. When not working out in the hammam, he writes books in the Hop-Ciki-Yaya series, of which there are now 6.
Kenneth James Dakan was born in Salt Lake City in 1964. After spending a year in New Zealand as a Rotary Exchange Student he attended New York University's Mass Communications Department. On January 1, 1988, he set off on an around the world trip. He has not yet returned. Currnetly he resides in Istanbul, where he works freelance, translating, writing a morning news bulletin, contributing to travel guides, editing, and doing voice over narratives for industrial films.
