Deadly Web (Inspector Ikmen Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

Barbara Nadel (Author)

Book Description

Series: Inspector Ikmen Mysteries | Publication Date: May 2, 2005

A naked teenage girl is found dead near the beautiful Byzantine Yoros Castle in Turkey. She has stabbed herself through the heart but there is evidence of bizarre sexual practice. In another part of Istanbul, a young boy seems to have committed suicide in similar circumstances. What dark rituals could have compelled them to fatal self-abuse? Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman follow an internet trail that leads them to an underworld of Goth nightclubs and Satanic worship. But even those murky shadows hide more than they reveal and the answers to an ever increasing number of suspicious deaths is more shocking and terrible than they could ever have imagined.

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About the Author

Barbara Nadel received the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger for Deadly Web. Other titles in the Inspector Ikman mysteries series include Arabesk, Belshazzar's Daughter, and The Ottoman Cage.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (May 2, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0755321286
• ISBN-13: 978-0755321285
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exotic and fascinating, March 19, 2005

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Beverley Strong (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadly Web (Hardcover)

Never having visited Turkey, I found the location of this book to be exotic in the extreme. When several members of a group of young "Goths" are murdered in what appears to be ritualistic rapes and murders. Police Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman are attached to the case with orders from on high to clean up the city as soon as possible. An English friend of both the men, Maximillian, seems to be deeply involved and, as he not only has connections to the murdered teenagers but is also a magician, steeped in the traditions of Kabbalah, an ancient Hebrew practice, he is immediately suspected of involvement with the killings. Obscene drawings have been plastered over the walls of local churches, mosques and temples, adding to the general fear that Satanism is being practiced and that the local young people are being drawn into a cult that is more dangerous than romantic. It's an unusual story from another culture and one which I found to be most interesting.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This series is GREAT!, February 25, 2008

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mellu (LA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deadly Web (Inspector Ikmen Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Ikeman series by Barbara Nadel is wonderful. Her books are interesting and complex, and bring Turkey to life. After reading them, you feel as if you personally know her characters and start thinking about their futures. I can hardly wait for the next book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deadly Web is Alive and Great, March 8, 2010

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L. Condon (Pisa, Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadly Web (Inspector Ikmen Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Deadly Web is another great mystery by Barbara Nadel. Ms. Nadel provides a very clear story line and develops her characters in such a way that you feel like you know them by the time you are done. Her discriptions of life in Istanbul, Turkey are so good that if you have never been there the story will make you want to go. Not only do you get a good mystery from Ms. Nadel, you also get a fantastic travelog. Having lived in Istanbul, and other cities in Turkey, I can attest to her accuracy. If it has Barbara Nadel's name on the cover, I will read it.