When I Grow Rich: Nuri Bey Investigates - (The Disappearing Detectives) de Fleming, Joan - 1985

Reprint of the first novel in the Nuri Iskirlak series. Originally published in 1962. Winner of the 1962 Golden Dagger. Part of the Disappearing Detectives series by Collins. There are three small 1/4 inch closed tears to the top edge of the dustjacket's front panel. A green letter "C" rubber stamp on the title page. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition.

US: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Set in Istanbul, this thrilling tale conveys the mystery and magnetism of the old imperial city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.Nuri Bey is a Turkish philosopher and scholar who lives for his books. An innocent and dreamy man, he yearns to go to Oxford, but with his relatively poor background it's a dream that may never be realised without the help of his wealthy mentor, Madame Miasma.When she asks him to deliver a parcel to a friend of hers at the airport, Nuri bey obliges, and events bring him in touch with a side of life that is dark and dangerous. A security guard is shot, and Nuri bey flees the scene, because the last thing this philosopher wants is to be involved with a nefarious crime in a country where convicted murderers are hanged in public.

London: Collins, 1985. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. London. Collins. HARDCOVER. 1985. REPRINT OF ORIGINAL 1962 EDITION. AS NEW, bound in navy blue with gold titles in red pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Moderate toning to pages and light toning to dust jacket. Introduction by H R F Keating. Instanbul, Turkey featuring philosopher and scholar Nuri bey.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.