Blood Business (Ikmen Mystery 22)

Zusatztext Gripping and unusual detective story, vivid and poignant Informationen zum Autor Barbara Nadel Klappentext Brothers Ugur and Lokman Bulut, locked in an inheritance battle, need a sample of their mother's DNA to contest her will. But when the body is exhumed, her corpse is missing, replaced by another body with its heart removed. Inspector Mehmet Suleyman realises that the heart has been illegally harvested, and the case is now a murder inquiry. Meanwhile, retired inspector Cetin Ikmen is searching for Sevval Kalkan, a once-famous actress who has joined an underground movement helping Istanbul's homeless. Her shocking reappearance leads Ikmen to fear that she, too, is a victim of organ harvesting."--Provided by publisher. Vorwort Shocking secrets are revealed when a woman's body is exhumed... The gripping twenty-second mystery in the bestselling Ikmen series by Barbara Nadel, the Silver Dagger Award-winning author of A KNIFE TO THE HEART and INCORRUPTIBLE. 'The Morse of Istanbul' Daily Telegraph Zusammenfassung 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. Brothers Ugur and Lokman Bulut are locked in a bitter inheritance battle and need a sample of their mother's DNA to contest her Will. But when her body is exhumed, her corpse is found to be missing and a fresh body, with its heart removed, has been put in her grave. Assigned to the case, Inspector Mehmet Süleyman quickly realises that the heart has been illegally harvested, and his team has a murder inquiry on its hands. Meanwhile, retired inspector Çetin Ikmen is tracking down a missing person: Sevval Kalkan, a once-famous actress, who has joined an underground movement called the Moral Maze, whose mission is to help the destitute living on Istanbul's streets. The unidentified body in the grave cannot be Sevval's, but her shocking reappearance leads Ikmen to fear that she, too, is a victim of organ harvesting... Joining forces, Süleyman and Ikmen confront Istanbul's darkest underbelly to expose the horrifying truth of a city in crisis. ...

Gripping and unusual detective story, vivid and poignant

Préface

Shocking secrets are revealed when a woman's body is exhumed... The gripping twenty-second mystery in the bestselling Ikmen series by Barbara Nadel, the Silver Dagger Award-winning author of A KNIFE TO THE HEART and INCORRUPTIBLE.

'The Morse of Istanbul' Daily Telegraph

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Barbara Nadel

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Brothers Ugur and Lokman Bulut, locked in an inheritance battle, need a sample of their mother's DNA to contest her will. But when the body is exhumed, her corpse is missing, replaced by another body with its heart removed. Inspector Mehmet Suleyman realises that the heart has been illegally harvested, and the case is now a murder inquiry. Meanwhile, retired inspector Cetin Ikmen is searching for Sevval Kalkan, a once-famous actress who has joined an underground movement helping Istanbul's homeless. Her shocking reappearance leads Ikmen to fear that she, too, is a victim of organ harvesting."--Provided by publisher.

Résumé

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.

Brothers Ugur and Lokman Bulut are locked in a bitter inheritance battle and need a sample of their mother's DNA to contest her Will. But when her body is exhumed, her corpse is found to be missing and a fresh body, with its heart removed, has been put in her grave. Assigned to the case, Inspector Mehmet Süleyman quickly realises that the heart has been illegally harvested, and his team has a murder inquiry on its hands.

Meanwhile, retired inspector Çetin Ikmen is tracking down a missing person: Sevval Kalkan, a once-famous actress, who has joined an underground movement called the Moral Maze, whose mission is to help the destitute living on Istanbul's streets. The unidentified body in the grave cannot be Sevval's, but her shocking reappearance leads Ikmen to fear that she, too, is a victim of organ harvesting...

Joining forces, Süleyman and Ikmen confront Istanbul's darkest underbelly to expose the horrifying truth of a city in crisis.