The Wooden Library

Ikmen Mystery 27

Barbara Nadel

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Headline Book Publishing
13 May 2025

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

Series: Ikmen Mystery

The twenty-seventh mystery featuring

etin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman, stars of BBC Two's gripping crime drama series The Turkish Detective, available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

Inspector Mehmet Suleyman is on holiday in Romania when his distant cousin calls. Nurettin Suleyman has bought the Wooden Library, an ancient building in Istanbul once owned by their ancestor. He needs help cataloguing its priceless contents and who better for the job than Mehmet's old friend

etin Ikmen?

As Ikmen sets to work, he detects a terrible smell pervading the library that leads to the discovery of a rotting corpse. The dead body is that of Senol Ulusoy, the man who sold Nurettin the library . . .

A long-running feud between the two families comes to light, as does the bitter rivalry between the three Ulusoy brothers, fuelled by their father's cruel manipulation. Then pathologist Arto Sarkissian makes a shocking discovery that turns this case on its head, and Suleyman's detective team must dig deep to reveal a truth that is rooted in the past as well as the present . . .

Praise for Barbara Nadel's Ikmen mysteries:

'Complex and beguiling: a Turkish delight' Mick Herron

'Ikmen is one of modern crime fiction's true heroes, complex yet likeable, and the city he inhabits - Istanbul - is just as fascinating' The Times

'Barbara Nadel's distinctive Istanbul-set Inspector Ikmen thrillers combine brightly coloured scene setting with deliciously tortuous plots' Guardian

By: Barbara Nadel
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781035418978
ISBN 10: 1035418975
Series: Ikmen Mystery
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 13 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Trained as an actress, Barbara Nadel used to work in mental health services. Born in the East End of London, she now writes full time and has been a visitor to Turkey for over twenty years. She received the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger for her novel DEADLY WEB, and the Swedish Flintax Prize for historical crime fiction for her first Francis Hancock novel, LAST RIGHTS. To find out more, follow Barbara on Twitter @BarbaraNadel or visit her website www.barbara-nadel.com