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On the Bone is the 18th and newest title in the excellent (IMO) Inspector Ikmen series by Barbara Nadel. It has just dropped to $5.99 at Kindle US and Kobo US. That may sound like a lot for a "sale" title, but it is the newest in the series, and was at $15.99 or $16.99, or something absurd like that, when it came out in January. I've had it on my watch list, and am happy to see it drop to a very reasonable (IMO) price for a new title.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Inspecto.../dp/B0151YRAVG
Kobo US: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...n-mystery-18-1

Spoiler:

The brand-new Istanbul crime thriller staring Inspector Cetin Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph), from Barbara Nadel. ON THE BONE is perfect for fans of Donna Leon.

In Istanbul - the golden city on the Bosphorus - ancient myths and modern evils are at work...

On a buzzing street in the fashionable district of Beyoglu, a young man drops dead. Ümit Kavas's death was natural but the autopsy betrays a shocking truth: his last meal was human flesh.

Under desperate pressure from their superiors, Inspector Cetin Ikmen and his colleague Mehmet Süleyman begin their most obscure investigation yet. How did Ümit Kavas, apparently a good, liberal man, come to partake in the greatest taboo of all? Did he act alone? And who was his victim?

Soon they find themselves embroiled in a dark web of underground worlds: of Turkey's old secular elite; a community of squatters; and a new gastronomy scene breaking every boundary. But where does the truth lie?

NOTE: Land of the Blind, the 17th and next-to-most-recent title in the series, is also a very reasonable $3.99.
Kindle US link: https://www.amazon.com/Land-Blind-In.../dp/B00OP5EWIC
Kobo US link: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...n-mystery-17-1

Spoiler:

Istanbul - in antiquity, called the Land of the Blind - is a city where old and new collide, and the fallout can be deadly...

In the ruins of the Constantinople hippodrome lies a body: a woman, clutching a piece of red stone. She's recently given birth, but there's no sign of the baby. Inspector Çetin Ikmen discovers she was Ariadne Savva, a Byzantine specialist on a crusade to protect the historic areas of Istanbul that property developer Ahmet Öden seeks to destroy and rebuild.

As Ikmen searches for the lost child and the facts behind Ariadne's death, the people of Istanbul rise up in protest against their government in Gezi Park. Amid the chaos, Ikmen and his colleague Mehmet Süleyman must unravel a tale of ancient hostility and modern desires, to find the truth concealed within the secret history of their antique city.