Книга: Barbara Nadel «Ashes to Ashes»

Ashes to Ashes

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As the German Luftwaffe bomb the capital, undertaker Francis Hancock suddenly finds himself caught up in the middle of a terrifying abduction plot. It's 29 December, 1940, the night that Hitler has chosen to destroy London under a barrage of flaming incendiary bombs. Their main target - St Paul's cathedral - is where Hancock is sheltering from the onslaught. But the First World War veteran doesn't just have bombs to contend with; a young girl, who was also sheltering in the cathedral, has vanished. Then some of those charged with protecting the building are brutally murdered. Hancock must face his own demons and fears in his struggle to catch those responsible and bring them to justice...

Издательство: "Headline Publishing" (2009)

ISBN: 978-0-7553-3622-7

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Barbara Nadel

Barbara Nadel is an English crime-writer. Many of her books are set in Turkey.

Background

Born in the East End of London, Barbara Nadel trained as an actress before becoming a writer. Now writing full-time, she has previously worked as a public relations officer for the National Schizophrenia Fellowship's Good Companion Service and as a mental health advocate for the mentally disordered in a psychiatric hospital. She has also worked with sexually abused teenagers and taught psychology in schools and colleges, and is currently the patron of a charity that cares for those in emotional and mental distress.

She has been a regular visitor to Turkey for more than twenty years.

Writing

Barbara Nadel has written ten books in her series about Çetin İkmen, a chain-smoking and hard-drinking detective on the Istanbul police force, and his colleagues Mehmet Süleyman, Balthazar Cohen and Armenian pathologist Arto Sarkissian. These have been translated into a number of languages, including Turkish, as well as being released as Audio books in English and German.

Her other crime novels, set in West Ham in the East End of London during The Blitz, feature undertaker Francis Hancock.

Awards

2005 winner of the CWA Silver Dagger (for Deadly Web)

Bibliography

Çetin İkmen

*"Belshazzar's Daughter (1999)"
*"A Chemical Prison (aka The Ottoman Cage) (2000)"
*"Arabesk (2001)"
*"Deep Waters (2002)"
*"Harem (2003)"
*"Petrified (2004)"
*"Deadly Web (2005)"
*"Dance With Death (2006)"
*"A Passion for Killing (2007)"
*"Pretty Dead Things (2007)"
*"River of the Dead (2009)"

Francis Hancock

*"Last Rights (2005)"
*"After the Mourning (2006)"
*"Ashes to Ashes (2008)"

External links

* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/barbara-nadel/ Fantastic Fiction profile]
* [http://www.twbooks.co.uk/authors/barbaranadel.html Tangled Web profile]
* [http://www.meettheauthor.com/bookbites/73.html Meet the Author (video) 2004]
* [http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/gold.html CWA Gold and Silver Daggers 2005]

Источник: Barbara Nadel

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