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liberrydude's review against another edition
5.0
Inspector Ikmen rocks in this page turning thriller. But the rock of Ikmen's integrity is tested to its limits in this book. Ikmen begins investigating the murder of one his daughter's coworkers and is swept into an international conspiracy theorist's dream about sex and power. Meanwhile on the homefront his daughter is falling in love with a Jewish boy, his brother-in-law is moving in with him to die, and one of his officers is engaging in some inappropriate behavior. At the same time a Turkish movie star from Hollywood returns home to become the focus of Ikmen's attention and we get to visit the sewers and the underground of Istanbul. The thing I love most about Ikmen is how different he is from all the other stereotypical policemen in crime fiction who are all career focused, lonely, divorced, and like to drink. Ikmen has nine kids and lives in a crowded apartment. He is devoted to his job but also to his family and his wife, Fatima. Needless to say he couldn't spend so much time at work if he didn't have such a good partner in his wife. In this episode Fatima is gone most of the time so Ikmen gets to bond with his teenage daughter who has always been a source of concern to him.
howjessicareads's review
3.0
A book redolent of the mysteries and secrets hidden in Istanbul since Ottoman times. Inspector Ikmen must simultaneouly attempt to solve the disappearence of a famous actor's wife, and the brutal rape of a young girl, while simultaneously dealing with his recalcitrant teenagers, and the complications surrounding the birth of his colleague Suleyman's son. If you're into big conspiracy theory type mysteries, as well as some characters with creepy sexual tendencies, this book will be right up your alley.
agmaynard's review
3.0
I had read parts of two other Inspector Ikmen novels. Good immersion in modern and historical Turkey. This one reaches back into the Ottoman past for traditions while looking at a modern sex trafficking scheme.
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