Turkish Delight Mystery The Kiss Murder, Book 1, (Paperback)

from blakefraina

Despite the fact that I never read murder mysteries or spy thrillers, I picked this one up because the stylish cover illustration promised something a bit more exotic. I was expecting a cross-pollination of "The Avengers," "To Wong Foo..." and that madcap international caper film, "Topkapi," but ...

from bluepigeon

I will give it 3 stars and actually explain why. Certainly the combination of transvestites and drag queens (working girls, really) with Istanbul places this book on a shelf of its own. It deserves some attention due to the unusual characters and settings, though the descriptions of some seem hig...

from miyurose

The last thing I would expect a book set in Istanbul to feature is a transvestite subculture, but that's exactly what you have in this Hop-Çiki-Yaya series. The nameless main character is quite interesting... he knows exactly what he is, and isn't apologetic about it. He plays up his masculine an...

from frisbeesage

The Kiss Murder is the very over-the-top story of a drag queen who owns a nightclub in Istanbul. One of her "girls" comes to her worried about the secrets she harbors about a top political man. The next day the girl is dead and our heroine is out to discover who killed her and why. This is an out...

from lindapanzo

When I saw a review calling the sleuth in The Kiss Murder "Istanbul's Miss Marple," I was intrigued. I like Turkish mysteries. I love Miss Marple. What could be better? Though the nameless sleuth is, in some ways, like Miss Marple, picture Miss Marple as a transvestite nightclub owner in Istanbul...