Hotel Bosphorus by Esmahan AykolMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
"The first Kati Hirschel murder mystery". Yes, but the book seems to focus more on Kati's life than the murder mystery. We get her life as a bookseller of crime fiction in Istanbul, and being part German she is considered a foreigner, despite living her first 7 years of life there, and the last 13. A friend from school calls out of the blue saying she will be visiting while working on a film in the starring role. It is the next day after arrival the director is found dead in his room. And Kati is curious, gets caught up in trying to figure out who did it. Along the way she is nearly shagging every available guy. At one point Kati just about gives up trying to solve the case, much like the Turkish police. Some of this narrative is very odd.
The book was okay, the English translation may have lost some of the language as it felt stiff and awkward.
Not going to continue the series. Not my usual reading, usually don't read series, and the setting just wasn't strong enough to retain interest to continue.
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