'Without question one of the best books ever written by an Englishman on the Turks' William Dalrymple

In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. But when one of the miniaturists goes missing and is feared murdered, their master seeks outside help.

Abducted and sold into slavery, Chantelle Burke has been brought to the palace of the mighty Pasha. The Pasha caresses the lovely addition to his harem with a fond tenderness that succeeds in driving her wild. But beneath his exotic eastern garb, the cryptic Pasha shrouds his true identity - one that he finds difficult to conceal.

This is a crime novel from Jose Latour.

A concubine is strangled in the Sultan's 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, the eunuch Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire.

Volume 2 in the new romantic comedy manga series Ouran High School Host Club.