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'The Snake Stone' is the second in a series of detective novels by Jason Goodwin, featuring the eunuch Yashim. It is set in Constantinople in 1838. The novel was nominated for a Macavity Award.

Plot



Detective, polyglot, chef, eunuch--Investigator Yashim returns in this evocative Edgar Awardwinning series set in Constantinople towards the end of the Ottoman Empire

Constantinople, 1838. In his palace on the Bosphorus, Sultan Mahmud II is dying and the city swirls with rumors and alarms. The unexpected arrival of a French archaeologist determined to track down lost Byzantine treasures throws the Greek community into confusion. Yashim Togalu is once again enlisted to investigate. But when the archaeologists mutilated body is discovered outside the French embassy, it turns out there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. As the body count starts to rise, Yashim must uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, encountering along the way such vibrant characters as Lord Byron's doctor and the Sultan's West Indiesborn mother, the Valide. With striking wit and irresistible flair, Jason Goodwin takes us into a world where the stakes are high, betrayal is death--and the pleasure to the reader is immense.

Category:2007 novels

Category:Historical crime novels

Category:Fiction set in 1838

Category:Novels set in the 1830s

Category:Novels set in Istanbul

Category:Novels set in the Ottoman Empire


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