The Janissary Tree

Istanbul. Historical Crime Fiction. Yashim is no ordinary detective. Yashim is a eunuch, a status that provides him with unique access to the Sultan’s palace. As the Sultan plans a series of radical reforms to his empire, a concubine is strangled in the palace harem, and a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul. Delving deep into the city’s crooked alleyways, and deeper still into its tumultuous past, Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire.