Ten
The man cut quite a swathe as he walked through…
Eleven
Istanbul. City of contrasts. European. Oriental. Exotic, Justine wrote in…
Twelve
Several hours later, Justine and Iffet boarded the sleek white…
Part Three
The Reunion
Thirteen
The driver had turned the boat around, and now it…
Fourteen
Justine, who had been frustrated all week, felt frustrated once…
Fifteen
The afternoon tea party was a jolly event, and everyone…
Sixteen
Michael Dalton was sitting on the terrace of the Çiragan…
Seventeen
The moment they were alone, Gabriele took hold of Justine’s…
Eighteen
It was a beautiful night, the midnight-blue sky sprinkled with…
Nineteen
‘And that, Richard, is Gran’s story of the estrangement, and…
Part Four
Coup de Foudre
Twenty
Michael sat down next to Justine on the garden seat,…
Twenty-One
‘This is the most beautiful fabric,’ Justine said, looking at…
Twenty-Two
Michael was waiting for her at the jetty as they…
Twenty-Three
Sitting back, Justine stared at herself in the mirror and…
Twenty-Four
It was one o’clock in the morning when Michael and…
Twenty-Five
They lay together side by side, catching their breath, both…
Part Five
The Mystery
Twenty-Six
Gabriele was, by nature, an early riser, and on this…
Twenty-Seven
Anita and Gabriele saw them off at the jetty, waving…
Twenty-Eight
Anita was sitting on Gabriele’s terrace, studying a floor plan,…
Twenty-Nine
The three women walked across the terrace and into Gabriele’s…
Thirty
After Anita had retreated to her own yali to rest,…
Thirty-One
Later that afternoon, Justine went out to the gardens to…