Back to Istanbul for more investigations in the company of Inspectors Ikmen and Süleyman and their police colleagues.
Always a great read – this one kept me turning the pages until almost midnight – and Barbara Nadel also shows you the social, religious and political tensions at play in modern Turkey. In The House of Four we get some late Ottoman history too.
Publisher page: The House of Four – Barbara Nadel
Flavia Albia is called upon to investigate the mysterious death of Gabinus, a transport manager who turns out to be a decidedly unpopular man all round …. although possibly not quite as unpopular as paranoid Emperor Domitian, for whom all of Rome – and plenty of Romans from outside the Imperial City – are preparing a Double Triumph.
Author page: A Capitol Death – Lindsey Davis
A loan from Steffi, and a readable mix of two distinct habitats on the coast of North Carolina – the marsh, and the town, and the experiences of Kya, the Marsh Girl.
Poems by Amanda Hamilton are interspersed throughout the story, which I found increasingly irritating. But their presence was justified by the end.
Author page: Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
The Terror of the French Revolution told through the experiences of a naive young English mistress who travels to Paris in search of her elusive amour.
Author page: The French Lesson – Hallie Rubenhold
A fabulous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspective of captive queen Briseis.
Highly recommended.
Publisher page: The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker