An Evil Eye: A Novel (Investigator Yashim)

An Evil Eye: A Novel (Investigator Yashim)

From the EdgarÂ® Awardâ€“winning author of The Janissary Tree comes the fourth and most captivating Investigator Yashim mystery yet!
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It takes a writer of prodigious talents to conjure the Istanbul of the Ottoman Empire in all its
majesty. In three previous novels, Jason Goodwin has taken us on stylish, suspenseful, and vibrant excursions into its exotic territory. Now, in An Evil Eye, the mystery of Istanbul runs deeper than ever before.
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Itâ€™s 1839, and the admiral of the Ottoman fleet has defected to the Egyptians. Itâ€™s up to the intrepid Investigator Yashim to uncover the manâ€™s motives. Of course, Fevzi Ahmet is no stranger to Yashimâ€”it was Fevzi who taught the investigator his craft years ago. Heâ€™s the only man whom Yashim has ever truly feared: ruthless, cruel, and unswervingly loyal to the sultan. So what could have led Yashimâ€™s former mentor to betray the Ottoman Empire?
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Yashimâ€™s search draws him into the sultanâ€™s seraglio, a well-appointed world with an undercurrent of fear, ambition, and deep-seated superstition. When the women of the sultanâ€™s orchestra begin inexplicably to grow ill and die, Yashim discovers that the admiralâ€™s defection may be rooted somewhere in the torturous strictures of the sultanâ€™s harem.
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No one knows more about the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul than Jason Goodwin, of whom Janet
Maslin wrote in The New York Times: â€œMr. Goodwin uses rich historical detail to elevate the books in this series . . . far above the realm of everyday sleuthing.â€
Country USA
Manufacturer Sarah Crichton Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2011-03-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780374110406

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sarah Crichton Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2011-03-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780374110406

An Evil Eye: A Novel (Investigator Yashim)

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