Goodwin, Jason,  1964- <br/><br/>
The snake stone / 
Jason Goodwin. 
 - 1st Picador ed. 
 - New York :  Picador,  2008, c2007. 
 - 290 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Sarah Crichton books." 
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<br/><br/> Yashim Togalu, a eunuch investigator in 1830's Istanbul, is enlisted to look into the activities of a French archaeologist searching for a lost Byzantine treasure, but thefocus of his mission changes to one of self-preservation when the treasure-seeker is found murdered and Yashim becomes the main suspect. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0312428022 9780312428020 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Eunuchs--Fiction.<br/>Favorites, Royal--Fiction.<br/>Police--Turkey--Istanbul--Fiction.<br/>Courts and courtiers--Fiction.<br/>Eunuchs--Fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Mystery fiction.<br/>Police--Istanbul (Turkey)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Istanbul (Turkey)--Court and courtiers--Fiction.<br/>Istanbul (Turkey)--History--19th century--Fiction.<br/>Istanbul (Turkey)--Court and courtiers--Fiction.<br/>Istanbul (Turkey)--History--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Mystery fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3607.O59227  / S63 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.6  [Fic]