The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin Paperback Book 9780571229246

A concubine is strangled in the Sultans palace harem and a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul Delving deep into the citys 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