Dance with Death (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 8) : Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama

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by Nadel, Barbara | Crime & mystery Published 05/06/2006 by Headline Publishing Group (Headline Review) in the United Kingdom Paperback | 384 pages196 x 130 x 24mm | 270gA body is discovered in a cave in the remote region of Cappadocia, Turkey. The woman died of gunshot wounds, and her corpse has lain undisturbed for twenty years. Inspector Cetin Ikmen is summoned from Istanbul to investigate and discovers a complex web of intrigue. Was she killed by her boyfriend, driven mad by love, or her husband, believing she would never bear the son he wanted so badly? When it is revealed the girl was pregnant when she died, the whispers and accusations increase. Ikmen, stifled among a rural community thriving on folklore and intrigue, begins to think he will never see clearly through the lies surrounding this case. One thing, however, is clear: the past is as potent as the present. Show more