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An Evil Eye: A Novel (Investigator Yashim) by Goodwin, Jason, 1964- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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From the Edgar(r) Award-winning author of The Janissary Treecomes the fourth and most captivating Investigator Yashim mystery yet! It takes a writer of prodigious talents to conjure the Istanbul of the Ottoman Empire in all its majesty. In three previous novels, Jason Goodwin has taken us on stylish, suspenseful, and vibrant excursions into its exotic territory. Now, in An Evil Eye, the mystery of Istanbul runs deeper than ever before. It's 1839, and the admiral of the Ottoman fleet has defected to the Egyptians. It's up to the intrepid Investigator Yashim to uncover the man's motives. Of course, Fevzi Ahmet is no stranger to Yashim--it was Fevzi who taught the investigator his craft years ago. He's the only man whom Yashim has ever truly feared: ruthless, cruel, and unswervingly loyal to the sultan. So what could have led Yashim's former mentor to betray the Ottoman Empire? Yashim's search draws him into the sultan's seraglio, a well-appointed world with an undercurrent of fear, ambition, and deep-seated superstition. When the women of the sultan's orchestra begin inexplicably to grow ill and die, Yashim discovers that the admiral's defection may be rooted somewhere in the torturo
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- Author
- Goodwin, Jason, 1964-
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780374110406
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.82 / 5 (619 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14