An Evil Eye, Jason Goodwin
An Evil Eye, Jason Goodwin
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An Evil Eye
A Novel

Author: Jason Goodwin

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/19/2011


Synopsis

When the admiral of the Ottoman fleet defects to the Egyptians, Investigator Yashim attempts to uncover the man's motives. But Fevzi Pasha is no stranger to Yashim: it was Pasha, in fact, who taught the investigator his craft years ago. He is the only man whom Yashim has ever truly feared: ruthless, cruel, and unswervingly loyal to the sultan. What dark secret has led his former mentor to betray the Ottoman Empire?

Unraveling Pasha's curious history, Yashim is drawn ever deeper into the closed world of the sultan's seraglio, an intimate household populated by the young ruler's women, children, slaves, and eunuchs. It is a well-appointed world ruled by fear, ambition, and deep-seated superstitions—a lap of luxury where talented girls hold sway in the ladies' orchestra.

But as the women of that orchestra inexplicably grow ill and die, Yashim discovers that his investigations into the admiral's defection have their roots in the torturous strictures of the sultan's harem, where every secret is sacred: a place where the normal rules are suspended, and where women can simply disappear.


About Jason Goodwin

Jason Goodwin is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Investigator Yashim series. The first four books-The Janissary Tree, The Snake Stone, The Bellini Card, and An Evil Eye-have been published to international acclaim. Goodwin studied Byzantine history at Cambridge and is the author of Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire, among other award-winning nonfiction. He lives with his wife and children in England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on April 14, 2023

It's 1839, and The Ottoman Empire is already the sick man of Europe. The admiral of the Ottoman Naval fleet defects to Egypt. Yashim is assigned to investigate. Meanwhile, at the royal harem, women are dying. One seems to have something to do with the other. A very good mystery with a different setti......more

Goodreads review by Bridgit on July 09, 2013

How bad is the mystery fiction when the lead character must explain the plot to you in the last 8 pages? There are old Murder, She Wrote plots that hold your interest more. I'm not getting my jollies by bashing Goodwin. I enjoyed the first three books in this series. But The Evil Eye is a poor additi......more

Goodreads review by Paola on March 19, 2012

Profumi e sapori d'oriente. Anche questo Goodwin non delude. L'investigatore eunuco Yashim si troverà a indagare in mezzo a intrighi di palazzo, maghe, equilibri politici che cambiano, in una Istambul meravigliosa e decadente. Yashim é anche un ottimo cuoco e alcune delle sue ricette vien voglia di p......more

Goodreads review by Kerry on September 05, 2015

I have enjoyed the three Investigator Yashim novels that precede An Evil Eye, so when I finally got my hands on this one, I plunged right into it, expecting to enjoy it. And I did - to a point. At some point the complexity of characters, locations and plot lost me sufficiently for me to put it aside......more

Goodreads review by Irka on October 08, 2014

I don't know why others are complainig about the plot it was so intersting and twisting so surprisingly that I have even suspected a child to be a serial killer. / Ciekawa akcja, intryga w haremie genialnie poprowadzona - podejrzewalam nawet dziecko o bycie morderca. A i Palewski nie jest już tym ci......more