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CHAPTER 37

After leaving Galata you ascend to Beyoğlu or old Pera. The most direct approach on foot is via Yüksek Kaldırım, a lively street which climbs up the hill from the main square before the bridge, passing close to the Galata Tower halfway along.

John Freely, The Companion Guide to Turkey

Jean Le Reau rose early and went for a walk to the edge of Pera, from where he could see the Golden Horn. He hadn’t slept well. He’d never seen the dead man before. The modus operandus of the person who knifed him did, however, have a familiar feel. It looked professional. Trained.

Why did the incident happen at the Pera Palas? Surely it had nothing to do with him. Or Elizabeth? He hoped not. He was beginning to like her, in spite of her snoopy inquisitions.

As long as the murder didn’t interrupt his own plans, which had very little to do with AgroBusiness.

He didn’t have time for extraneous murders.