A Momento for Istanbul (Contemporary Turkish Literature; 16)

A Momento for Istanbul (Contemporary Turkish Literature; 16) by Ahmet Ümit. paperback edition. ISBN: 9789752899544.

A thrilling take which moves back and forth through time, from the early days of Byzantium to the thriving metropolis of Istanbul... A corpse is discovered at the base of the statue of Ataturk in old Istanbul, an antique coin left in its hand... But its not to be the last corpse and the bodies soon begin to pile up... And so the hunt for the killers begins... Seven murders, seven sovereigns, seven coins and seven ancient monuments, with one thread binding them all: the history of one of the worlds most mysterious and most dazzling cities.