The Ottoman Cage: A Novel of Istanbul

Barbara Nadel's The Ottoman Cage is a spicy thriller set in Istanbul's back alleys.

Inspector Cetin Ikmen and forensic pathologist Arto Sarkissian have been friends since childhood, and their work together in Istanbul's criminal justice system has only served to cement their friendship. When they're both called to a flat to investigate the death of a twenty-year-old, there is no reason to think their relationship will alter.

The case, however, is a strange one. Ikmen learns from the neighb...