Nights of Plague

Description

Nights of Plague by Orhan Pamuk is a sweeping, genre-blending historical epic set in 1901 on the fictional Mediterranean island of Mingheria, part of the decaying Ottoman Empire.

A deadly outbreak of bubonic plague hits Mingheria—where tensions run high between Muslims and Orthodox Christians—prompting the Sultan to send his chief public-health officer and a Muslim doctor and his royal wife to help. Their mission: control the epidemic and restore order

Amid failed quarantines, escalating inter-religious conflict, and political unrest, a high-profile murder occurs. The couple must investigate the crime using detective methods even as the plague spreads and the island edges toward revolution and independence.