The Nightingale Won't Let You Sleep - Stephen Heighton

Elias Trifannis is desperate to belong somewhere. To make his dying ex-cop father happy, he joins the military - but by the time he realises it was a terrible mistake, it''s too late and a tragedy has occurred. In the aftermath, exhausted by nightmares, Elias is sent to Cyprus to recover, where he attempts to find comfort in the arms of Eylul, a beautiful Turkish journalist. But the lovers'' reprieve end, driving Elias into Varosha, once a popular Greek-Cypriot resort town, abandoned since 1974. Hidden in the ruins is a community of exiles and refugees...