Yıldız Karasu and Tobias Becker, the beloved detectives introduced to the literary world by Ahmet Ümit with his novel "Land of the Lost Gods", are pursuing a much darker case this time. This successful duo of the Berlin Police Homicide Unit, who are in Italy for a special mission on behalf of INTERPOL, suddenly find themselves at the center of an extraordinary crime story.
The course of events takes the reader on a deep historical journey not only in Rome, the capital city rising on the shoulders of the dead, but also in the ancient and mysterious ancient city of Anatolia, Aphrodisias. Detectives wandering among the tones of classical music and the dusty pages of archaeology find before them not ordinary murderers, but an intelligent criminal gang acting with a philosophical motivation.
"We Are Not Even at the Dawn of Civilization"
The novel goes beyond a mere detective fiction and criticizes the evolutionary and moral dilemmas of humanity in a very shocking language. The powerful aphorisms in the book, such as "We are just ordinary creatures trying to survive on this wild planet called Earth" and "Don't underestimate the level of stupidity of humanity... We are not even at the dawn of civilization yet" underline the author's literary rebellion against social decay.
This adventure, which takes place on the streets of a city surrounded by ancient ruins, pushes the reader to question his own moral compass while trying to make sense of the philosophical nature of crime. "Five Days of Rome" is already taking its place in libraries as one of the most ambitious works of the year for crime lovers with its gripping tempo, historical texture and intellectual subtext.