{"product_id":"the-wooden-library-ikmen-mystery-27-meet-ikmen-in-the-turkish-detective-bbc-twos-sensational-tv-series","title":"The Wooden Library (Ikmen Mystery 27): Meet Ikmen in THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational TV series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe twenty-seventh mystery featuring Inspector Ikmen, star of BBC Two's gripping crime drama series \u003ci\u003eThe Turkish Detective.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspector Mehmet Suleyman is on holiday in Romania when his distant cousin calls. Nurettin Suleyman has bought the Wooden Library, an ancient building in Istanbul once owned by their ancestor. He needs help cataloguing its priceless contents and who better for the job than Mehmet's old friend Cetin Ikmen?  As Ikmen sets to work, he detects a terrible smell pervading the library that leads to the discovery of a rotting corpse. The dead body is that of Senol Ulusoy, the man who sold Nurettin the library . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA long-running feud between the two families comes to light, as does the bitter rivalry between the three Ulusoy brothers, fuelled by their father's cruel manipulation. Then pathologist Arto Sarkissian makes a shocking discovery that turns this case on its head, and Suleyman's detective team must dig deep to reveal a truth that is rooted in the past as well as the present . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Barbara Nadel's I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ekmen mysteries:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eComplex and beguiling\u003c\/b\u003e: a Turkish delight' \u003cb\u003eMick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eIkmen is one of modern crime fiction's true heroes\u003c\/b\u003e, complex yet likeable, and the city he inhabits - Istanbul - is just as fascinating' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Barbara Nadel's distinctive Istanbul-set Inspector Ikmen thrillers combine \u003cb\u003ebrightly coloured scene setting\u003c\/b\u003e with \u003cb\u003edeliciously tortuous plots\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 416 pages | Published September 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63986299863389,"sku":"9781035419005","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781035419005.jpg?v=1774497880","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-wooden-library-ikmen-mystery-27-meet-ikmen-in-the-turkish-detective-bbc-twos-sensational-tv-series","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}