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  • Bibliography:
    40 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2000
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Francis Hancock Mystery

1 - Last Rights (Jun-2005)
2 - After the Mourning (Jul-2006)
3 - Ashes to Ashes (Jan-2009)
4 - Sure and Certain Death (Jan-2010)

Hakim and Arnold

1 - An Act of Kindness (Jul-2013)
2 - A Private Business (Oct-2013)
3 - Poisoned Ground (Jun-2016)
4 - Enough Rope (Jul-2016)
5 - Bright Shiny Things (Jun-2017)
6 - Displaced (Sep-2018)
7 - A Time to Die (Jul-2020)
8 - Web of Lies (Sep-2022)

Inspector Ikmen

1 - Belshazzar's Daughter (Feb-2000)
2 - The Ottoman Cage (2000)
3 - Arabesk (2001)
4 - Deep Waters (2002)
5 - Harem (2003)
6 - Petrified (2004)
7 - Deadly Web (2005)
8 - Dance with Death (2006)
9 - A Passion for Killing (2007)
10 - Pretty Dead Things (Jul-2008)
11 - River of the Dead (Jan-2009)
12 - Death by Design (Jan-2010)
13 - A Noble Killing (Aug-2011)
14 - Dead of Night (May-2012)
15 - Deadline (Apr-2013)
16 - Body Count (Apr-2014)
17 - Land of the Blind (Mar-2015)
18 - On the Bone (Mar-2016)
19 - The House of Four (May-2017)
20 - Incorruptible (Sep-2018)
21 - A Knife to the Heart (May-2019)
22 - Blood Business (May-2020)
23 - Forfeit (Aug-2021)
24 - The Bride Price (Aug-2022)
25 - Double Illusion (May-2023)

Book List in Order: 40 titles



    • / Police Procedural
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    Inspector Cetin Ikmen and forensic pathologist Arto Sarkissian have been friends since childhood, and their work together in Istanbul's criminal justice system has only served to cement their friendship. When they're both called to a flat to ...



  • A spicy thriller set in Istanbul's back alleys that the Literary Review (UK) called "exciting, accomplished and original". When a brutal murder shocks Istanbul's rundown Jewish quarter, the Turkish police force unleashes their best weapon - the chai...



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    Inspector Ikmen and Inspector Suleyman return in Arabesk, Barbara Nadel's third novel in the gripping Inspector Ikmen series. Perfect for fans of Jason Goodwin and Adrian Magson.'The delight of the Nadel book is the sense of being taken beneath the s...



    • / Police Procedural
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    A man's body, virtually decapitated, is found by the Bosphorus. His identity card names him as Rifat Berisha, an Albanian. The family is impenetrable but when Inspector Cetin Ikmen, whose mother was Albanian, consults his cousin, Samsun, he's left in...



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    A killer with means but no motive, and the body count is rising... Love and greed make a deadly combination in the riveting ninth crime novel in Barbara Nadel's Inspector Ikmen series. A Passion for Killing is the perfect read for fans of Adrian Mags...



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    Madness, obsession and a curiously preserved corpse in Istanbul...Petrified is the sixth dark and gripping mystery from the Inspector Ikmen series by the hugely talented crime writer, Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Donna Leon and Jason Goodwin. '...



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    Games of sex and death have terrifying consequences...Silver Dagger Award-winning author Barbara Nadel explores a series of shocking and dark deaths across Istanbul in Deadly Web, the seventh instalment of the thrilling Inspector Ikmen crime series. ...



  • How deeply can you bury a crime?Critically acclaimed crime writer Barbara Nadel introduces undertaker Francis Hancock in the first of her brilliant World War Two crime series. Last Rights is perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Nicola Upson. 'Gripp...



    • / Police Procedural
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    An unholy crime. An undiscovered body. An unrepentant killer...Dance with Death explores sex, jealousy and murder in a remote Turkish village - a riveting crime novel from award winning Barbara Nadel. The perfect read for fans of Adrian Magson and Ma...






  • After the Mourning is the second novel in the acclaimed Francis Hancock World War Two crime series by Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Martin Walker and Maureen Jennings. 'The denouement is exciting... the atmosphere of a city under nightly bombard...



    • / Police Procedural
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    A serial killer is stalking the streets of Istanbul, seemingly targeting gay men. A man is found dead in a hotel room, a single stab wound in his heart. Could he be a victim of the 'Peeper'? Inspector Mehmet Suleyman is assigned to the case, and i...



  • When peace and love turn into deadly conflict... Inspector Ikmen and Inspector Sulleymen uncover the dark legacies of Istanbul's past in Pretty Dead Things, the tenth chilling thriller from the Inspector Ikmen series. Barbara Nadel will impress fans ...



  • As London burns, an unlikely hero unearths a series of brutal murders...Ashes to Ashes is the third novel in the acclaimed Francis Hancock World War Two crime series by Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Martin Walker and Maureen Jennings. 'A great d...



  • The shadows of an ancient city hide a very modern murder... River of the Dead is a chilling psycho-mystery from the highly acclaimed and award-winning author Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and M J Lee.'This page turner of a book procee...



  • A tale of two cities and one deadly terrorist plot...Barbara Nadel's twelfth crime novel from her Inspector Ikmen series, Death by Design sees Inspector Ikmen tackling a complex case of organised crime in London. Perfect for fans of Lindsey Davis and...



  • A brilliant evocation of the period and a truly unnerving, menacing and original plot...Sure and Certain Death is the fourth chilling World War Two crime mystery in the Francis Hancock series by award-winning Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Linds...



  • When Honour can be deadly...The brilliant thirteenth Istanbul crime novel from Barbara Nadel's Inspector Ikmen Mysteries series delves into the shocking world of honour killing. A Noble Killing will enthral fans of Andrea Camilleri and Colin Cotteril...



  • A Chemical Prison is the triumphantly accomplished second thriller by award-winning author Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Donna Leon and Jason Goodwin. 'Even better than Nadel's extraordinary first book... tightly organised... the dark, Byzantine...



  • Inner city murder crosses two continents... Barbara Nadel's gripping Turkish crime novel tackles the treacherous and seedy underworld of Detroit's gang warfare. Dead of Night is the fourteenth thriller in the critically acclaimed Inspector Ikmen seri...






  • Poor Old Frankie, Oggy and On the District are three short stories, written by Barbara Nadel, under the collective title Back to the Future. In one way or another, all the stories feature people who cannot or do not want to escape from their pasts. I...



  • A murder game becomes deadly reality...Barbara Nadel invites readers to a seemingly innocent murder mystery evening in her fifteenth novel in the Inspector Ikmen series. Deadline is the perfect read for fans of Anne Zouroudi and Elly Griffiths. 'Ikme...



  • Lee Arnold and Mumtaz Hakim run a detective agency in London's East End. But their latest case could have devastating consequences. A new client, Nasreen, has sought Hakim's help. Recently moved to a new house, and with a baby on the way, this shou...



  • Lee Arnold and Mumtaz Hakim run a detective agency in London's East End. But their latest case could have devastating consequences. A new client, Nasreen, has sought Hakim's help. Recently moved to a new house, and with a baby on the way, this should...



  • Death walks the streets of Istanbul...Follow Inspector Ikmen into the dangerous streets of Istanbul in the thrilling crime novel from Silver Dagger Award-winning writer Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Donna Leon and Mario Giordano. 'Gripping and u...



  • Ancient feuds and new dangers bring death to the streets of Istanbul...Set against the Gezi Park uprising of 2013, Land of the Blind is the seventeenth crime thriller featuring Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehut Suleyman in Istanbul. A perfect read for...



  • In Istanbul - the golden city on the Bosphorus - ancient myths and modern evils are at work...On the Bone is the eighteenth novel in the brilliant Istanbul crime thriller series starring Inspector Cetin Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph...



  • Ex-soldier Lee Arnold and his Muslim assistant Mumtaz Hakim run a detective agency in London's ethnically diverse, crime-ridden East End. Mumtaz is approached by an Egyptian woman, Salwa, whose husband is in Belmarsh prison on terrorism charges. Salw...



  • Private investigator and ex-soldier Lee Arnold and police superintendent Paul Venus are by no means friends, but when Venus' son Harry is kidnapped and ransom demands arrive from an address in Arnold's patch in east London, the superintendent doesn't...



  • A family built on lies, secrets and murder... The House of Four is a gripping Istanbul crime thriller featuring Inspector Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph) from Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Donna Leon and Jason Goodwin.'Impeccabl...






  • 'This series has brilliantly established itself and this latest is another masterpiece from Barbara Nadel'CRIMESQUADA friend from the past asks for private investigator Lee Arnold's help in tracing his son: Fayyad al'Barri was last thought to be in S...



  • Irving Levy is a man with few roots and, now that he is terminally ill, is anxious to find anyone to whom he can leave his considerable property. When he learns that there may be more to the disappearance of his younger sister, who disappeared when s...



  • 'Inspector Ikmen thrillers combine brightly coloured scene setting with deliciously tortuous plots' Guardian

    INCORRUPTIBLE is the gripping new Istanbul crime thriller starring Inspector Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph), from ...



  • The twenty-first chilling Istanbul crime thriller starring Çetin Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph), from Silver Dagger Award-winning author Barbara Nadel. Not to be missed by fans of Donna Leon. A derelict villa near Istanbul holds da...



  • Brothers Ugur and Lokman Bulut are locked in a bitter inheritance battle and need a sample of their mother's DNA to contest her Will. But when her body is exhumed, her corpse is found to be missing and a fresh body, with its heart removed, has been p...



  • Ever since it was built in 1912, Woolwich Foot Tunnel has been the subject of rumour and speculation. Running underneath the Thames it connects north and south, and in the hot summer of 1976, when young John Saunders apparently entered the Tunnel and...



  • GREED, LUST AND BETRAYAL LEAD TO MURDER in Barbara Nadel's twenty-third Ikmen mystery, as Ikmen and Süleyman work to uncover a tragic tale of dark secrets and double lives...In the early hours of the morning, Turkish TV star Erol Gencer is found dea...



  • Every relationship comes at a cost in this tense and gripping Turkish mystery from award-winning crime writer Barbara Nadel and featuring Ikmen - 'one of modern crime fiction's true heroes' The TimesWhen jeweller Fahrettin Muftugolu is found dead in ...



  • London, December 2019. Two young boys, Habib and Loz, are trying their luck at selling knock-off pain remediesto pensioners. But they are troubled by an encounter with a potential elderly customer and a young man with ablood-smeared face.Mumtaz Hakim...



  • The gripping twenty-fifth Ikmen mystery from award-winning crime writer Barbara Nadel will delight her many fans.Don't miss Ikmen and Suleyman in the sensational TV series The Turkish Detective When Ates Bocuk, son of a feared Istanbul gang leader, i...






  • Dark magic is unleashed on the streets of Istanbul . . .When a newborn baby is found drowned in the shallow waters of the Golden Horn, all-out warfare threatens to erupt between rival criminal gangs. Inspector Kerim Gürsel is assigned to the case an...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Barbara Nadel has published 40 books.

The next book by Barbara Nadel, The Darkest Night, will be published in May 2024.

The first book by Barbara Nadel, The Ottoman Cage, was published in January 2000.

Yes. Barbara Nadel has 3 series.