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Hidden, amidst the vibrant and secretive streets of Istanbul, Turkey, Ahdaf Jalil is safe for the first time in years. A refugee of the Syrian Civil war, Addaf helps others like him make the dangerous, often deadly, crossing to Greece. But when two enemies approach wanting his skills and his loyalty, Ahdaf's fragile balance begins to fracture. On one side, is the alluring and evasive, likely-CA agent Selim Wilson who promises him the world. On the other, are the ghosts that forced Ahdaf out of his home - an ISIS cabal on his doorstep. And they know his secret, one they could kill him for: Ahdaf is a gay man. That is precisely when a handsome stranger sails into his life and makes him want to risk it all. Exhilarating and startlingly contemporary ISTANBUL CROSSING offers an empathetic look into the human struggles of the Syrian refugee crisis.    

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"Praise for Timothy Jay Smith ""What happens to someone who loses everything and has to make their way in a world that's completely new? Istanbul Crossing draws you in with its protagonist, Syrian refugee Ahdaf, and a plot that never lets up."" - Deborah Kalb, author of Off to Join the Circus Other books by Timothy Jay Smith Fire on the Island ""Smith offers the perfect blend of intrigue, romance, and travelogue."" - Publishers Weekly Gold Medal, 2017 Faulkner-Wisdom Competition for the Novel The Fourth Courier ""Smith skillfully bridges police procedural and espionage fiction, crafting a show-stealing sense of place and realistically pairing the threats of underworld crime and destabilized regimes."" - Booklist Finalist, Best Gay Mystery, 2020 Lambda Literary Awards A Vision of Angels ""A taut thriller ... brings together an intriguing quartet of characters - an Israeli war hero, a Palestinian farmer, an American war correspondent and an Arabian-Christian grocer ..."" - New York Daily News Winner, Paris Prize for Fiction Finalist, Foreword Reviews' Book of the Year Award Cooper's Promise ""Literary dynamite ..."" - Kirkus Reviews, a Best Book of 2012"

Praise for Timothy Jay Smith ""What happens to someone who loses everything and has to make their way in a world that's completely new? Istanbul Crossing draws you in with its protagonist, Syrian refugee Ahdaf, and a plot that never lets up."" - Deborah Kalb, author of Off to Join the Circus Other books by Timothy Jay Smith Fire on the Island ""Smith offers the perfect blend of intrigue, romance, and travelogue."" - Publishers Weekly Gold Medal, 2017 Faulkner-Wisdom Competition for the Novel The Fourth Courier ""Smith skillfully bridges police procedural and espionage fiction, crafting a show-stealing sense of place and realistically pairing the threats of underworld crime and destabilized regimes."" - Booklist Finalist, Best Gay Mystery, 2020 Lambda Literary Awards A Vision of Angels ""A taut thriller ... brings together an intriguing quartet of characters - an Israeli war hero, a Palestinian farmer, an American war correspondent and an Arabian-Christian grocer ..."" - New York Daily News Winner, Paris Prize for Fiction Finalist, Foreword Reviews' Book of the Year Award Cooper's Promise ""Literary dynamite ..."" - Kirkus Reviews, a Best Book of 2012

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Timothy Jay Smith is a multi award winning author, screenwriter and playwright. Istanbul Crossing is his fifth novel. A ceaseless wanderlust has taken him around the world many times. En route, he's found the characters that people his work. Polish cops and Greek fishermen, mercenaries and arms dealers: he hung with them all in an unparalleled international career that had him smuggle banned plays from behind the Iron Curtain, represent the U.S. at the highest levels foreign governments, and stowaway aboard a ""devils barge"" that landed him in an African jail.

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