1918. Forced to flee England, Sherlock Holmes and his young
apprentice Mary Russell enter British-occupied Palestine under the
auspices of Holmes's enigmatic brother, Mycroft. Their arrival
coincides with a rash of unsolved murders that has baffled the
authorities, yet no one is too pleased at Holmes's insistence on
reconstructing the most recent homicide in the desert where it occurred.
What they unexpectedly uncover will lead Russell and Holmes through
an exotic gauntlet of labyrinthine bazaars, verminous hovels,
cliff-hung monasteries - and into mortal danger. In the jewel-like
city of Jerusalem, they will at last meet their adversary, whose
lust for power could ignite a tinderbox of hostilities just waiting
for a spark
'King takes on literature's most famous detective with masterful
aplomb. I loved it' Elizabeth George, author of the bestselling
Inspector Lynley series
