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The Snake Stone ('Yashim the Eunuch' Mystery) (Paperback)
Short Description for The Snake StoneIt is Istanbul, 1838, and 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. Now, Yashim has to uncover the truth behind a secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire.
Full description- Publisher: Faber and Faber
- Published: 01 May 2008
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Crime | Historical Crime | Historical Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780571236473 ISBN 10: 0571236472
- Sales rank: 64,574
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Full description for The Snake Stone
It is Istanbul, 1838, and Lefevre, 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.

