When the body of a young Englishwoman washes up on the beaches of nineteenth-century Istanbul, secular magistrate Kamil Pasha finds his dispassionate belief in science and modernity shaken by developments in the case, which parallels the unsolved murder of another English governess. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.
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When the body of a young Englishwoman washes up on the beaches of nineteenth-century Istanbul, secular magistrate Kamil Pasha finds his dispassionate belief in science and modernity shaken by developments in the case, which parallels the unsolved murder of another English governess. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 351 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners
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VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Signed by author; 2006; 351 clean, unmarked, tight pages; cover is clean and sturdy; very light shelf and corner wear on dust jacket with a little wrinkling at top front edge.
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Like New in Like New jacket. Stated First Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Not price-clipped ($25.95 price intact). Published by W.W. Norton, 2006. Octavo. Teal over cobalt blue boards stamped in gold. Signed (flat signed) by author on title page. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. Book placed in custom acetate protector. A lovely signed copy of this mystery following a murdered Englishwoman bearing the seal of the sultan. 352 pages. ISBN: 0393060993. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author First printing. Spine ends gently rolled with corresponding light crimps to the mylar covered jacket. Signed by White on the title page. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall.
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I love the "cozy" English mystery; the kind where horror happens in an everyday setting and the author plays fair, for if one is sharp one can spot the villain before the end of the book as all the clues are there in the text. The author keeps nothing back for the bafflement of his reader. I bought this one because its advertising compared it to Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. Sad to say, not true. The craftsmanship of the writing is superb; each image is painted in jewel-toned colors. The immediacy of the text draws the reader instantly into Victorian Istanbul with first-person narrative, extracts of personal letters and the use of "Kamil sees" instead of "Kamil saw". Paragraphs of description are delights instead of tedium. Where it all falls down is the plot. The author becomes involved with one character to the exclusion of caring about the others. Once that side story is finished, the loose threads are left hanging for them all. It's like a beautiful Ottoman carpet woven perfectly until the last edge, then it is ripped off the loom and left jagged and unraveling. Perhaps the author intends a sequel? I'm afraid I won't buy it.