Order of Barbara Nadel Books
Barbara Nadel is a English author of crime fiction and historical fiction novels. She writes the Inspector Ikmen, Francis Hancock and Hakim & Arnold series. Barbara has been referred to as “The Donna Leon of Istanbul,” referring to the fact that her style is similar to Leon’s, except her books are set in Turkey rather than Italy. She has been visiting Turkey for over 25 years. Barbara was born in London’s East End, has been trained as an actress and has worked in the mental health field. She now lives in the North of England.
Barbara Nadel became a published author in 1999 with the novel Belshazzar’s Daughter. In 2005, she won the CWA Silver Dagger for the novel Deadly Web, along with several other awards. Below is a list of Barbara Nadel’s books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of Francis Hancock Books
| Last Rights | (2005) |    |
| After the Mourning | (2006) | |
| Ashes to Ashes | (2008) | |
| Sure and Certain Death | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Hakim and Arnold Books
| A Private Business | (2012) | |
| An Act of Kindness | (2013) | |
| Poisoned Ground | (2014) | |
| Enough Rope | (2015) | |
| Bright Shiny Things | (2017) | |
| Displaced | (2018) | |
| A Time to Die | (2020) | |
| Web of Lies | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Inspector Ikmen Books
| Belshazzar's Daughter | (1999) | |
| A Chemical Prison/The Ottoman Cage | (2000) | |
| Arabesk | (2001) | |
| Deep Waters | (2002) | |
| Harem | (2003) | |
| Petrified | (2004) | |
| Deadly Web | (2005) | |
| Dance with Death | (2006) | |
| A Passion for Killing | (2007) | |
| Pretty Dead Things | (2007) | |
| River of the Dead | (2008) | |
| Death by Design | (2010) | |
| A Noble Killing | (2011) | |
| Dead of Night | (2012) | |
| Deadline | (2013) | |
| Body Count | (2014) | |
| Land of the Blind | (2015) | |
| On the Bone | (2016) | |
| The House of Four | (2017) | |
| Incorruptible | (2018) | |
| A Knife to the Heart | (2020) | |
| Blood Business | (2020) | |
| Forfeit | (2021) | |
| Bride Price | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories | (2015) | |
| Sunshine Noir | (2016) | |
Note: A Chemical Prison was also published as The Ottoman Cage.
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Barbara Nadel Synopsis: In A Private Business by Barbara Nadel (book 1 of the Hakim & Arnold series), P.I. Lee Arnold is a former cop who runs a detective agency along with Mumtaz Hakim in an area of London full of conflict. When they’re approaching by a woman scared out of her wits, Arnold and Hakim look into her suspicions that she’s being followed. But what they find out ends up being worse than they expected.
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