The Star of Istanbul

Description

Foreign correspondent Kit' Cobb has been tasked with following a German intellectual into perilous waters aboard the Lusitania during WW 1. He is soon distracted from his mission by the sultry, world renowned actress Selene Bourgani, who harbors secrets that have the potential to set the whole international conflict further aflame. Following the night of the infamous German U-boat attack on the Lusitania, Cobb tails Selene across war-torn Europe and the Middle East venturing deep behind enemy lines.'

Robert Olen Butler is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, and sixteen other novels including Hell, A Small Hotel, Perfume River, and the Christopher Marlowe Cobb series. He is also the author of six short story collections and a book on the creative process, From Where You Dream. He has twice won a National Magazine Award in Fiction and received the 2013 F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature. He teaches creative writing at Florida State University.

a rollicking thriller with a keen eye for period detail -- Rosemary Goring * Herald Scotland * A thrilling, old-fashioned tale of intrigue and adventure that grabs you immediately with a historical timebomb -- Andre * Crime Fiction Lover * "well-researched and well-written historical fiction" -- Chris Roberts * Crime Review UK * Zestful, thrilling... a ripping good yarn * Wall Street Journal * An outstanding work of historical fiction * Huntington News *