ANOTHER CRIME SCRAPS PRIZE: THE SNAKE STONE

UPS were at the door again today with yet another book from Picador USA. 

It was the excellent historical mystery The Snake Stone by Jason Goodwin reviewed by me here last May, which featured Yashim 'detective, polyglot, chef, eunuch' back in the Istanbul of 1838.

I said then that 'History and mystery, when done as well as this, are an unbeatable combination'. 

I reviewed the sequel The Bellini Card here and included links to Jason Goodwin's blog which has a wealth of background information.

The first book in the Yashim series The Janissary Tree won the Edgar Award  for best first crime fiction novel.

So The Snake Stone is a prize well worth winning, and this time I will keep the competition open for a week and put the correct answers in a hat and draw the winner.

What links Paris, San Stefano, Sevres and Lausanne? 

Answers to thbear08@googlemail.com please and all correct entries will go into the draw.