The Sultans Seal

Interesting read. She's a local author for me--Boston University professor of anthropology. Enough sex of all kinds in there...reminded me of the kind of thing that thrilled me as a young maiden just glimpsing the possibilities. I do like her central character--a Turkish magistrate of strong charact......more

I found some of the story arcs in this book confusing at times as I wasn't sure if we were in the present in the past. But I still enjoyed the story very much. I liked the era the story was told in, the late 1800's in Ottoman Turkey, the characters, especially Kamil Pasha, who is called upon to solv......more

A historical fiction set in Turkey during the Ottoman Empire. An inticing mystery that keeps you interested to the very end......more

loved the tone and the feel of the story, and the plot was interesting, though at times it was a bit, maybe soap opera-ish.......more

For the first 3/4s of the book this was an elegant mystery, rich in cultural and historical detail. At the end, however, the author chose to pile on the action and everything seemed to be happening at once, not always in a coherent fashion. If it wasn't for that I would have liked to rate this book......more