Laurie R. King - O Jerusalem

Praise for

O J ERUSALEM

Kings considerable talent makes history virtually leap
off the page. READERS CANT LOSE.

Booklist

Kings impeccable research combines with her
colorful, fully drawn characters to make this
ANOTHER MEMORABLE ADDITION TO A
STRONG SERIES.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

The portrait of the region and of Jerusalem is
IRRESISTIBLE. A story that is part spy, part
murder mystery and part thriller moving to AN
EXPLOSIVE CLIMAX.

Booknews from The Poisoned Pen

VIVID a SATISFYING and dramatic
conclusion.

Library Journal

Praise for Russell and Holmess
previous adventures

T HE B EEKEEPERS A PPRENTICE

Editors Choice of 1994,
The Drood Review of Mystery

Wonderful: an intelligently and imaginatively crafted
novel thats also great fun.

ROUSING RIVETING SUSPENSEFUL.

Chicago Sun-Times

REMARKABLY BEGUILING.

The Boston Globe

Worthy and welcome, with the power to charm the
most grizzled Baker Street Irregular.

Daily News, New York

A M ONSTROUS
R EGIMENT OF W OMEN

AS AUDACIOUS AS IT IS ENTERTAINING AND
MOVING.

Chicago Tribune

BEGUILING TANTALIZING.

The Boston Globe

ONE OF THE YEARS BEST Enormously
appealing Rich in atmosphere and a plot that
will keep the reader breathing hard.

Mostly Murder

A L ETTER OF M ARY

A LIVELY ADVENTURE IN THE VERY BEST OF
INTELLECTUAL COMPANY.

The New York Times Book Review

The great marvel of Kings series is that shes
managed to preserve the integrity of Holmess
character and yet somehow conjure up a woman
astute, edgy, and compelling enough to be the partner
of his mind as well as his heart. SUPERB.

The Washington Post Book World

SUSPENSEFUL Laurie R. King takes England
and literatures most famous detective with masterful
aplomb. I loved it.

Elizabeth George

AN INTELLECTUAL PUZZLER, full of bright red
herrings and DAZZLING asides.

Chicago Tribune

T HE M OOR

THERES NO RESISTING THE APPEAL OF
KINGS THRILLINGLY MOODY SCENES OF
DARTMOOR and her lovely evocations of its legends.

The New York Times Book Review

ERUDITE, FASCINATING by all odds the most
successful recreation of the famous inhabitant of
221B Baker Street ever attempted.

Houston Chronicle

King has the tone, mood, and voice precisely right.
Very goodAS SATISFYING AT THIS TIME OF
YEAR AS A TRULY RICH FRUITCAKE.

The Boston Globe

Raves for Kings stand-alone thriller

A D ARKER P LACE

Laurie R. King delivers a story that casts a spell
of psychological terror more visceral than any serial
killer melodrama that, for the thoughtful reader, offers
intellectual rewards as well.

The San Diego Union-Tribune

A nail-biter thriller.

The New York Times Book Review

A literary thriller to end all literary thrillers.

Booknews from The Poisoned Pen

A terrific book. The many fans of Laurie R. Kings
two series will not regret that she takes us in a
different direction and to a darker place. A real
page-turner.

The Drood Review of Mystery

King is an original and skilled writing talent, and
Waverly is one of the more fascinating new
protagonists to come along.

The Plain Dealer, Cleveland

Murky, complex, deeply disturbing and aptly titled
Highly original.

The Denver Post

King always writes well, and her stories sweep along
with an inexorable force that comes from a power
greater than mere skillful plotting. A DARKER
PLACE is a fine study of sympathy and how it clouds
our judgment about integrity.

The Boston Globe

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F OLLY

F or Dorothy Nicholl,
and in memory of Donald,
with love and with gratitude

abayya a robe worn over a long skirt or loose trousers and shirt

afreet a demon or troublesome imp

agahl a heavy ropelike wrap that holds the kuffiyah on the head

aleikum es-salaam a greeting (response to salaam aleikum)

bakshish a payment, tip, bribe, or donation

burkah a concealing womans garment

effendi an honorary address

fellah/fellahin peasant, countryman

firengi a foreigner, a Frank

Ghor the low-lying Jordan River valley

imam Muslim religious leader

inshallah a saying: if it is Gods will

kuffiyah a loose headcloth

laban a drink of sour milk or diluted yogurt

maalesh a saying: oh, well

muezzin the man who calls the faithful to prayer from a mosque

mukhtar headman of a village

mullah a Muslim religious leader

narghile a water pipe

saj curved sheet of steel used to cook flat bread over a fire

salaam aleikum a greeting: peace be with you

sitt Mrs., Madam

souk or suq bazaar

wadi water-cut valley, often dry but for sudden floods

wallah! an expression of surprise: by God!

ya walud an expression of greeting or to call attention

Baedekers guide to Palestine and Syria, 1912 edition

The Muqaddimah (Preface and Book One) of the sweeping History written by the brilliant fourteenth-century Islamic scholar Ibn Khaldn. These quotations have been reworded slightly for the sake of brevity by the present editor.

Helen Waddell, The Desert Fathers

The Holy Quran