Turkish Delight Mystery
3 primary works
Book 1
Late one night, our glamour-puss nightclub manager receives a visit from Buse. For many years, Buse has kept letters and photos of a compromising nature, from a former relationship with a powerful lover. But her apartment has been ransacked and Buse worries about the consequences.
Being an obliging sort, our detective agrees to help out, but what initially appears to be a personal favour turns out to have repercussions that run much deeper. When the web of intrigue reveals that an arch-conservative politician and maybe even the Mafia are involved, it's time for our private eye to send out an urgent SOS via the underground Istanbul grapevine.
Being an obliging sort, our detective agrees to help out, but what initially appears to be a personal favour turns out to have repercussions that run much deeper. When the web of intrigue reveals that an arch-conservative politician and maybe even the Mafia are involved, it's time for our private eye to send out an urgent SOS via the underground Istanbul grapevine.
Book 2
Devastated by the end of her relationship, our heroine swaps her catsuit for pyjamas and hides away from the world. But her friends from the nightclub refuse to let her waste away in self-pity and drag her out to make up the numbers for a party. Only full make-up will suffice, and there's serious grooming to be done before our girl's up to the challenge - her state of misery has left her so thin that even her favourite Audrey Hepburn number doesn't cling the way it should.
At the soirée, she becomes entranced with a powerful married man, but it's unlikely their paths will cross again. Until a body is found in the street, stabbed to death - the victim, a gigolo, has connections to the object of her affection. And it seems that the gigolo lifestyle can leave one, ahem, exposed to hidden dangers. Our girl valiantly agrees to take on the case - any meetings with her beloved are an incidental added bonus.
At the soirée, she becomes entranced with a powerful married man, but it's unlikely their paths will cross again. Until a body is found in the street, stabbed to death - the victim, a gigolo, has connections to the object of her affection. And it seems that the gigolo lifestyle can leave one, ahem, exposed to hidden dangers. Our girl valiantly agrees to take on the case - any meetings with her beloved are an incidental added bonus.
Book 3
In the fourth Hop-Ciki-Yaya thriller, our unnamed transvestite club proprietress and computer whiz finds herself hot on the trail of yet another serial killer. The nude and bewigged body of mild-mannered pharmacist and confirmed bachelor Uncle Muhittin is discovered by Goenul; his cold lifeless lips coated with bright lipstick.
She solicits the sleuthing skills of our detective, who reluctantly gets involved only when Goenul is named as a suspect. It soon emerges that Uncle Muhittin is not the only victim to have suffered the indignity of a crushed head and a posthumous makeover. As the investigation unfolds, issues of repressed sexuality and sexual identity arise...
She solicits the sleuthing skills of our detective, who reluctantly gets involved only when Goenul is named as a suspect. It soon emerges that Uncle Muhittin is not the only victim to have suffered the indignity of a crushed head and a posthumous makeover. As the investigation unfolds, issues of repressed sexuality and sexual identity arise...