Sour Grapes on the princes’ Islands: An Istanbul Mystery

An American movie star is found dead in Istanbul, his throat slashed. Everett and Lily Blum, an American couple living on one of the Princes Islands, become involved in the murder investigation. Along the way, they run into characters from Goodmans first novel, Sweet Confusion on the Princes Islands, plus Turkish and American filmmakers, a Pickwickian private detective and the mysterious Madame Latif. Everetts obsession with arcane but fascinating hobbyhorses, from alchemy to Aeolian harps, from Galileos theories to the paintings of Vermeer makes this a comic and intellectual feast of a novel.

An American movie star is found dead in Istanbul, his throat slashed. Everett and Lily Blum, an American couple living on one of the Princes Islands, become involved in the murder investigation. Along the way, they run into characters from Goodmans first novel, Sweet Confusion on the Princes Islands, plus Turkish and American filmmakers, a Pickwickian private detective and the mysterious Madame Latif. Everetts obsession with arcane but fascinating hobbyhorses, from alchemy to Aeolian harps, from Galileos theories to the paintings of Vermeer makes this a comic and intellectual feast of a novel.