The Winter Thief (Audiobook)

from jenzbaker

Set in 19th century Turkey during Ottoman empire's political unrest. My review in BL, rumors of rebellion, massacre, threats against Kamil's family. Good tension between self-preservation and ethical behavior fro several characters. Well-rounded characters realistic, compelling yet thoroughly dep...

from RobFow

I have a weakness for foreign locals and detective styled mysteries. Many times they are written well, some fall into the standard detective mystery formula, but normally the author (when written well), is able to give me an insight to a culture and place that I may not have been able to obtain a...

from BillPilgrim

This is a thriller that takes place in Istanbul, Ottoman Turkey, in 1888. The main character is Kamil Pasha, who is a Magistrate assigned to investigate first the shipment of a boatload full of small arms that was intercepted at the port hidden in what were labeled as barrels of fish, and then th...

from insolent_redhead

This is my first Kamil Pasha novel. There are two previous novels in the series, but The Winter Thief holds up as a standalone. I was hesitant about requesting this novel, as my knowledge of the time period is limited, but I was completely absorbed by the end of the first chapter. It is suspensef...

from selkins

This multiple-POV tale of intrigue and detection in late-1800's Istanbul (and the remote countryside, later) slowly pulled me in. The varying narrators gave interesting perspectives and details, but at least to start with, there were just too many. Happily, the author pretty much dropped relating...