The East Ham Golem: From the author of the Inspector Ikmen series, inspiration for the BBC’s The Turkish Detective (Hakim & Arnold)

by Barbara Nadel

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The streets of East London teem with different languages, cultures and religions. Private investigators Lee Arnold and Mumtaz Hakim are well-versed in the community's tensions, the sad day-to-day reality that includes the desecration of graves at Plashet Jewish cemetery in East Ham. However, the destruction of these final resting places leads to a disturbing discovery - one of the damaged coffins does not contain human remains, but instead a sculpture of a man made of clay. This so-called 'golem', a term from Jewish myth given to a figure brought to life by supernatural means, proves intriguing to Arnold and Hakim, even more so when it is stolen in an armed raid from a police storage facility, leaving a man dead in its wake.

The case leads the pair into the past in London and Prague, and onto the trail of a jewel worth killing for.
  • ISBN10 0749031352
  • ISBN13 9780749031350
  • Publish Date 20 February 2025
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Allison & Busby
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English