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Author:

Aykol, Esmahan, 1970-

Title:

Baksheesh / Esmahan Aykol ; translated by Ruth Whitehouse.

Publisher:

Bitter Lemon Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

253 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Women booksellers--Istanbul--Istanbul--Fiction.
Immigrants--Istanbul--Istanbul--Fiction.
Bribery--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey)--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.

Other Authors:

Whitehouse, Ruth, (Translator)

Other Titles:

Kelepir ev. English

Notes:

"First published in Turkish as Kelepir Ev by Everest Yayinlari, Istanbul, 2003"--T.p. verso.

Summary:

"Kati Hirschel, the owner of Istanbul's only mystery book store, is fed up. It all starts when her lover Selim insists that she behave like the Turkish wife of a respectable lawyer--looking glamorous and making witty small talk the only requirements. Then her landlady announces an outrageous rent increase on her Istanbul apartment. She'd rather find a new place by bribing government officials, paying baksheesh, than moving in with Selim. Kati is offered a large apartment with a view over the Bosphorous at a bargain price. Too good to be true--until a man is found murdered there and she becomes the police's prime suspect"--P. [4] of cover.

Series:

Kati Hirschel Istanbul mystery
Aykol, Esmahan, 1970- Kati Hirschel murder mystery.

ISBN:

1908524049 (pbk.)
9781908524041 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)783151801

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)