Mystery with Eunuch detective

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Enclosed is a link to a book review in today's Seattle Times of a mystery novel with a eunuch detective set in Istanbull in the 1830's

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/b ... dam14.html

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Related text from the reviewer's list of several books:

By Adam Woog

Special to The Seattle Times

Jason Goodwin's Edgar-winning debut novel, 2006's "The Janissary Tree," introduced Yashim Togalu, a sultan's spy in 1830s Istanbul. Yashim is a formidable and crafty hero; he's also a eunuch, but you'd be a fool to underestimate him just because of his, well, differently-abled self.