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English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in Istanbul when he makes the acquaintance of Turkish police inspector Colonel Haki. It is from him that he first hears of the mysterious Dimitrios - an infamous master criminal, long wanted by the law, whose body has just been fished out of the Bosphorus. Fascinated by the story, Latimer decides to retrace Dimitrios' steps across Europe to gather material for a new book. But, as he graduall...

The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily Telegraph1940. An unassuming English engineer has travelled to Turkey on business. And somebody wants him dead.It all began when Graham was taken to a nightclub in Istanbul and noticed a man in a crumpled suit, watching him. Then he narrowly missed being killed by gunfire on returning to his hotel room. Now, terrified, he has been helped to esca...

Girija Krishnan, an Indian clerk, sees the opportunity of his lifetime when he stumbles on a lost cache of arms hidden in the Malayan jungle. If he can find a buyer for the weapons, he will be able to achieve his lifelong dream of creating his own bus company. But the risks are as high as the rewards, as the arms draw ever more people into their dangerous orbit: an entrepreneurial trio of Chinese brothers, a sleazy British former soldier, and ...

A thriller of the highest quality - ironic, witty, literate, ingenious, understated and unflaggingly suspenseful' The New York Times Book ReviewThe last time anyone saw Lucia Bernardi, she was driving at top speed away from a Swiss villa - leaving the body of her murdered Iraqi lover behind. Now she has vanished, along with a potentially explosive set of papers, and disgraced journalist Piet Maas has been sent to follow her trail to the South ...

Arthur Abdel Simpson is a failed journalist and soon-to-be failed thief, embittered by memories of his unhappy childhood in England and eking out a living in Athens. When he spots a newly arrived tourist at the airport, he offers his services as a private driver and sees an easy chance to make some money by illicit means. But the out-matched Simpson soon finds himself embroiled in blackmail and driving a highly suspicious car to Istanbul. When...

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Topkapi Sarayinin beklenmedik ziyaretcileri dolandirici Arthur Abdel Simpson, Atinada havaalaninda karsilastigi Harpera her zamanki kurban profiline uydugunu düsünerek yaklasir. Fakat Harperin saf bir kurbandan cok daha fazlasi oldugu ortaya cikar. Kisa süre icinde Simpsonkendini önce süpheli bir otomobili Türkiye sinirindan gecirmeye calisirken bulacak, sonra da eline düstügü polisin sundugu iki secenekle karsi karsiya kalacaktir Ya polisle i...

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Indem er einen vermeintlichen Touristen am Athener Flughafen übers Ohr zu hauen versucht, stolpert der übergewichtige, schwitzige Kleinganove Arthur Abdel Simpson zwischen die Fronten von Gangstern, Polizei und Geheimdienst. Nichts Geringeres als ein Raub im Istanbuler Palastmuseum Topkapi ist geplant, wo der legendäre, mit Smaragden besetzte Topkapi-Dolch in der schwer bewachten Schatzkammer liegt. Bis der beispiellose Coup in vollem Ausmaß e...

Kötücül zekayi anlamanin pesindeIzmirin kurtulusu sirasinda cikan yanginin küllerinden efsanevi bir kanun kacagi dogar Dimitrios. Daha sonra Mustafa Kemal Pasaya karsi planlanan suikast girisimine de adi karisan Dimitrios, Istanbulda bulunan Ingiliz polisiye yazari Charles Latimerin ilgisini ceker. Bu yeralti figürünün hayatiyla ilgili ayrintilarin pesine düsen Latimer kendini cok gecmeden bütün Balkanlari icine alan bir suikast, casusluk ve i...

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