The Baklava Club – Jason Goodwin

The Baklava Club - Jason Goodwin
The Baklava Club – Jason Goodwin

Back to nineteenth century Istanbul, in the company of Yashim the eunuch who is also a bit of a sleuth – although not much of a eunuch it appears as you head towards the end of the book.

In The Baklava Club our Ottoman Detective grapples with Italian revolutionaries, a Polish Prince and a Catholic priest, as well as the valide and a visiting daughter of a Decembrist exile.

Publisher page: The Baklava Club – Jason Goodwin

The Janissary Tree – Jason Goodwin

I’ve realised that there are not enough hours in the day for me to write not terribly insightful summaries of each of the books that I read, so from now on they will be super succinct or zip…. and in this case: murder mystery set in 19th century Istanbul; very good historical crime in an exotic setting. I will be reading more of these Yashim the Eunuch mysteries.

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The Janissary Tree – Jason Goodwin