BLACK DAY AT THE BOSPHORUS CAFE

When Mina, a Kurdish student, plunges in flames from the top floor of Wood Green Shopping City, it is widely assumed to be a political protest. But local reporter Rex Tracey, who knew the dead girl, doesn't buy it.

Mina was looking forward to the trip of a lifetime, she'd mysteriously vanished only a week before her death, and she'd been in contact with a whistle-blowing local government officer _ who pretty soon ends up dead himself.

As he investigates, the sleuthing journalist with a sad past and weakness for Polish lager is sucked into a world of honour killings, corrupt officials, and clashing traditions.