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Esmahan Aykol

Biography

Esmahan Aykol

Esmahan Aykol was born in 1970 in Edirne, Turkey. She lives in Istanbul and Berlin. She has written four Kati Hirschel mystery novels. HOTEL BOSPHORUS and BAKSHEESH are the first two and have been published in eight languages.

Esmahan Aykol

Books by Esmahan Aykol

written by Esmahan Aykol, translated from the Turkish by Ruth Whitehouse - Fiction, Mystery

Kati Hirschel, in her 30s, is the proud owner of Istanbul's only crime bookshop. She has learned the corrupt ways of her adored city and soon takes possession of an apartment obtained with the help of a generous bribe to a government official. All is well until a man is found murdered in her dream apartment and Kati becomes the police's primary suspect.