Jason Goodwin
Jason Goodwin is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Investigator Yashim series. The first four books-The Janissary Tree, The Snake Stone, The Bellini Card, and An Evil Eye-have been published to international acclaim. Goodwin studied Byzantine history at Cambridge and is the author of Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire, among other award-winning nonfiction. He lives with his wife and children in England.
Jason Goodwin is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Investigator Yashim series. The first four books-The Janissary Tree, The Snake Stone, The Bellini Card, and An Evil Eye-have been published to international acclaim. Goodwin studied Byzantine history at Cambridge and is the author of Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire, among other award-winning nonfiction. He lives with his wife and children in England. See less
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Jason Goodwin book reviews
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The Snake Stone
Beautiful imagery, fun read
Goodwin's descriptions of Istanbul are wonderful and paint a lovely image in your mind as you read. The story is well paced and interesting and the characters are nicely complex without being ... Read More
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The Janissary Tree
History and suspense in Istanbul.
Superb historical mystery -thriller which combines historical scholarship with engaging characters, offering rare insight into a vanished world with the ambiance of Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. ... Read More
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The Snake Stone
Boring
I read a really favorable review of this book last year in the NY Times. So I waited until it was available at reduced price and then bought it. Well, as is the case (at least for me) with so many ... Read More
