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[Abi]

Without fail, every Westerner I have met who has visited Turkey exclaims to me, “Turks are so friendly and hospitable!”

Partly the surprise in their voices can be put down to the preconception many people have before coming that the locals will either be fierce, scimitar-wielding and mustachioed, or that they will be the kind of raw material from which al-Qaeda recruits. But in large part their observation is due to the fact that Turks are just extremely warm and open to visitors.....

......It was only a matter of time before Barbara Nadel turned to this tragic subject in her series of crime thrillers set in İstanbul. In previous books, Inspectors İkmen and Süleyman have grappled with the modern blights of terrorism, drug-running and illegal immigrants. In “A Noble Killing” they come face to face with the issue of families resorting to murder to clean up their “honor.”

Nadel never disappoints, but this book is a masterpiece for how it deals with the issue.....

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[sunny]

That sounds like a very interesting book to read. Certainly the subject needs a lot more open discussion.

[Abi]

Sunny I've never read any of her books but I understand they are very good. Maybe an author for Lu to look out for.