{"product_id":"9781429987691","title":"The Snake Stone: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe captivating return of Yashim, the eunuch investigator from the intelligent, elliptical and beguilingly written\" \u003c\/i\u003e(The Times, London)\u003ci\u003e bestseller\u003c\/i\u003e The Janissary Tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a French archaeologist arrives in 1830s Istanbul determined to track down a lost Byzantine treasure, the local Greek communities are uncertain how to react; the man seems dangerously well informed. Yashim Togalu, who so brilliantly solved the mysterious murders in \u003ci\u003eThe Janissary Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, is once again enlisted to investigate. But when the archaeologist's mutilated body is discovered outside the French embassy, it turns out there is only one suspect: Yashim himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrated \u003ci\u003eThe Janissary Tree \u003c\/i\u003eas \"the perfect escapist mystery,\" and \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003ecalled it \"[A] tremendous first novel . . . Beautifully written, perfectly judged, humane, witty and captivating.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Snake Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, Jason Goodwin delights us with another transporting romp through the back streets of nineteenth-century Istanbul. Yashim finds himself racing against time once again, to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, encountering along the way such vibrant characters as Lord Byron's doctor and the sultan's West Indies-born mother, the Valide. Armed only with a unique sixteenth-century book, the dashing eunuch leads us into a world where the stakes are high, betrayal is death--and the pleasure to the reader is immense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122443272432,"sku":"9781429987691","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429987691_p0.jpg?v=1763749844","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429987691","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}