They call the ancient hlls of Jerusalem the butcher's theater. Here, upon this bloodstained state, a faceless killer performs his violent specialty. The first to die brutally is a girl. She is drained of blood, then carefully bathed and shrouded in white. Precisely one week later, a second victim is found.
From the sacred Wailing Wall to monasteries where dark secrets are cloistered, from black-clad Bedouin enclaves to labyrinthine midnight alleys, veteran police inspector Daniel Sharavi and his crack team plunge deep into a city simmering with religious and political passions to hunt for a murderer whose insatiable taste for bloodshed could destroy the delicate balance on whihch Jerusalem's very survival depends.
From the sacred Wailing Wall to monasteries where dark secrets are cloistered, from black-clad Bedouin enclaves to labyrinthine midnight alleys, veteran police inspector Daniel Sharavi and his crack team plunge deep into a city simmering with religious and political passions to hunt for a murderer whose insatiable taste for bloodshed could destroy the delicate balance on whihch Jerusalem's very survival depends.
The best of Kellerman in this one.
A departure from the standard Kellerman. He introduces Daniel Sharavi, an Israeli detective and a multi-ethnic team of investigators in the ancient city of Jerusalem. Sharavi will show up later in L.A.
Early Jonathan Kellerman. A suspenseful tale of murder in Jerusalem.
Another interesting book by Kellerman
I think this was Kellerman's third novel. It is long, at 628 pages of very small font. Quite a bit of Israeli history woven into a good whodoneit thriller.
A fantastic read.
Ties in nicely with a lot of the middle east stuff going on now
This was a great read.
Another great mystery by Jonathan Kellerman! Fantastic descriptions of Israel. Very intense and bloody.
One of Kellerman's best.
A gripping psychological thriller about an Israeli homicide detective's pursuit of a serial killer preying on young Palestinian women in Jerusalem before the worsening tensions cause the Muslim, Jewish & Christian communities of the city explode.
A gripping psychological thriller about a detective's pursuit of a serial killer preying on young women in Jerusalem before the worsening tensions cause the Muslim, Jewish & Christian communities of the city explode.
They call the ancient hills of Jerusalem the butcher's theater. A faceless killer performs his violent specialty: The first to die brutally is a fifteen-year-old girl. She is drained of blood, then carefully bathed and shrouded in white. Precisely one week later, a second victim is found. From the sacred Wailing Wall to the monasteries, from black-clad bedouin enclaves to labyrinthine midnight alleys, veteran police inspector Daniel Sharavi and his crack team plunge deep into a city simmering with religious and political passions to hunt for a murderer who's insatiable taste for young women could destroy the delicate balance on which Jerusalem's very survival depends.
A brilliant novel by a master of the genre, a vivid look at the tortured complexities of a psychopath's mind, a rich evocation of a city steeped in history -- this, and more, is The Butcher's Theater.
They call the ancient hills of Jerusalem the butcher's theater. A faceless killer performs his violent specialty: The first to die brutally is a fifteen-year-old girl. She is drained of blood, then carefully bathed and shrouded in white. Precisely one week later, a second victim is found. From the sacred Wailing Wall to the monasteries, from black-clad bedouin enclaves to labyrinthine midnight alleys, veteran police inspector Daniel Sharavi and his crack team plunge deep into a city simmering with religious and political passions to hunt for a murderer who's insatiable taste for young women could destroy the delicate balance on which Jerusalem's very survival depends.
A brilliant novel by a master of the genre, a vivid look at the tortured complexities of a psychopath's mind, a rich evocation of a city steeped in history -- this, and more, is The Butcher's Theater.
They call the ancient hills of Jerusalem the butcher's theater. Here, upon this bloodstained state, a faceless killer performs his violent speciality. Police Daniel Sharavi plunges deep into the city to hunt for a murderer.
