Barbara Nadel

Barbara Nadel (* in East End , London ) is a British writer. She grew up in the East End of London. Trained as an actress and psychologist , she has worked in the field of education and mental health for many years. She lives in Essex with her husband Malcolm , but spends several weeks in Turkey every year.

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So far (2013) she has published fourteen crime novels about the protagonist Çetin İkmen, a commissioner in Istanbul . In addition, Nadel began another cycle of detective novels about the funeral director Francis Hancock. In terms of time, the former belong to the present; the latter is set in World War II during the Battle of Britain ( The Blitz ).

Awards

• 2005 - Silver Dagger for Deadly web (German Death on the Bosporus)
• 2006 - Flintyxan for Dödlig rättvisa (Original: Last Rights)

Works (selection)

Çetin İkmen cycle

• Belshazzar's daughter . Headline, London 1999, ISBN 0-7472-6217-9 .
  • Belshazzar's daughter. Novel . Ullstein, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-548-68012-7 .
• A chemical prison . Headline, London 2000, ISBN 0-7472-6218-7 .
  • The glass cage. Novel . Ullstein, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-548-68048-8 .
• Arabesque . Headline, London 2001, ISBN 0-7472-6219-5 .
  • Arabesque. Novel . List Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-548-60397-1 .
• Deep waters . Headline, London 2002, ISBN 0-7472-6719-7 .
  • Still water . List Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-548-60431-5 .
• Harem . Headline, London 2003, ISBN 0-7472-6720-0 .
  • In the garb of the night. Novel . List Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-548-60552-4 .
• Petrified . Headline, London 2004, ISBN 0-7472-6721-9 .
  • Veil of death. Novel . List Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-548-60632-3 .
• Deadly web . Headline, London 2005, ISBN 0-7553-2126-X .
  • Death on the Bosporus. Detective novel . List Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-471-78244-3 .
• Dance with the death . Headline, London 2006, ISBN 0-7553-2129-4 .
  • Anatolian dance of death . Ullstein, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-548-60841-9 .
• A passion for killing . Headline Books, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7553-2132-2 .
• Pretty dead things . Headline Books, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7553-4515-1 .
• River of the dead . Headline Books, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-7553-3564-0 .
• Death by design . Headline Books, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-7553-3567-1 .
• A classy killing . Headline, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7553-7160-0 .
• Dead of night . Headline, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-7553-7166-2 .

Francis Hancock cycle

• After the mourning . Headline Books, London 2006, ISBN 0-7553-2137-5 .
• Ashes to ashes . Headline Books, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-7553-3622-7 .
• Last rights . Headline Books, London 2006, ISBN 0-7553-2136-7 .
• Sure and certain death . Headline Books, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-7553-3624-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Translated by Nikolaus de Palézieux.
2. ↑ For the US domestic market, the title was changed to The Ottoman cage .
3. ^ Translated by Franziska Weyer.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Translated by Franca Fritz and Heinrich Knoop.

Web links

• Literature by and about Barbara Nadel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Fantastic Fiction profile
• Tangled Web profile
• Meet the Author (video) 2004
• CWA Gold and Silver Daggers 2005