Murder in Constantinople

Thanks to NetGalley and RBMedia for providing me with an ALC. This book was trying too hard to be everything. Initially it gives you a cozy mystery vibe, with the amateur detectives and all but then goes to 1854 Constantinople and is all into spies and princes and conspiracies??? I did not feel the h......more

[NetGalley Read #50] 3.5 ⭐️ "Heartbreak is not cured by flights of fancy." Good. Went in expecting something along the lines of a murder mystery of the Golden Age (Agatha Christie, Sayers, Chesterton, etc.) and was slightly dismayed by the espionage nature of the story (though that's more because of......more

"Murder in Constantinople" reads like a boys-own-adventure. There are political machinations, espionage, murder, secret societies, travel, war, criminal detection, and a naive hero blundering into situations beyond his abilities. And if you suspend belief and accept it as such, you will find an enjoy......more

As someone born and raised in Istanbul, my expectations for this book were high—and I’m happy to say it did not disappoint. It is a fast-paced, gripping murder mystery set against the backdrop of 1850s Istanbul, skillfully weaving historical events and political intrigue into its narrative. One of th......more

It's 1854 and the Crimean War rages. Ben Canaan, the son of a respectable Jewish tailor, is a bit of a wild lad who falls foul of police and local crime baron, finds himself on his way to Constantinople where the Russians plan to murder the Sultan using a man made plague known as the White Death...e......more