Description
| Product ID: | 9780571236473 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Yashim the Ottoman Detective |
| Title: | The Snake Stone |
| Authors: | Author: Jason Goodwin |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Once again, the investigator finds himself in a race against time to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, caught in a deadly game deep beneath the city streets, a place where the stakes are high - and betrayal is death. It is Istanbul, 1838, and Lefèvre, a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is hired to investigate him, but when the man turns up dead, there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Once again, the investigator finds himself in a race against time to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, caught in a deadly game deep beneath the city streets, a place where the stakes are high - and betrayal is death. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-05-01 |