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Praise for
O J
ERUSALEM
“King’s considerable talent makes history virtually leap
off the page.… READERS CAN’T LOSE.”

Booklist
“King’s 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 Holmes’s
previous adventures

 

T
HE
B
EEKEEPER’S
A
PPRENTICE
Editor’s Choice of 1994,
The Drood Review of Mystery
“Wonderful: an intelligently and imaginatively crafted
novel that’s 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 YEAR’S 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 King’s series is that she’s
managed to preserve the integrity of Holmes’s
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 literature’s 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
“THERE’S NO RESISTING THE APPEAL OF
KING’S 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 good—AS SATISFYING AT THIS TIME OF
YEAR AS A TRULY RICH FRUITCAKE.”

The Boston Globe
Raves for King’s 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. King’s
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
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 woman’s 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
insh’allah
a saying: if it is God’s 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
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