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Baksheesh / Esmahan Aykol ; translated by Ruth Whitehouse.

by Aykol, Esmahan, 1970-

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Bitter Lemon Press, 2013.

Women booksellers -- Fiction.

Immigrants -- Fiction.

Bribery -- Fiction.

Murder suspects -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Istanbul (Turkey) -- Fiction.

Aykol, Esmahan, 1970- Kati Hirschel mysteries ; 2.

9781908524041 (trade pbk.)

1908524049 (trade pbk.)

Kelepir ev. English English

253 p. ; 20 cm.

"First published in Turkish as 'Kelepir Ev' by Everest Yayinlari, Istanbul, 2003"--T.p. verso.

Translated from the Turkish.

"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"--Back cover.

Mystery fiction.

Turkish fiction -- Translations into English.

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