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A dead man in Istanbul

The Second Secretary of the Embassy in Istanbul has died In strange circumstances while attempting to swim the Dardanelles Straits. A romantic attempt to repeat the legendary feat of Leander, or an attempt to spy out a landing place for a British military expedition, as the Turks insist! Whichever, Cunningham has ended up with a bullet in his head. The circumstances of his death have to be investigated so the Foreign Office sends out an officer of the Special Branch: Seymour. Istanbul is an interesting place in 1911. It is, of course, the place where East meets West, a matter of some significance as the old Ottoman Empire crumbles. Soon, Seymour comes to suspect that Cunningham may have been swimming in deeper waters than the Dardanelles.

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