Two days until  Garment of Shadows! To keep you busy til then, I’ll be posting images from the book, with tidbits of prose to go along.  You might even want to re-visit these posts after you’ve got your hands on the book. “The torch revealed that all the wheels were inflated, the tool compartment on…

Countdown to Garment of Shadows: three days to go!  Til then I’ll be posting a daily image from the book, with snippets of prose from the book to go along.  You might even want to re-visit these posts after you’ve read the book. “Mohammed Abd el-Krim was a piece of granite, his feet rooted in…

Garment of Shadows will be out in four days’ time. Until you get your hands on the book itself, you can feast your eyes on the pictures and snippets I’ll be posting here daily. “…he was scratching at the door of Madame’s tent.” (Photo by Mark Willenbrock.) Order yours from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or…

Until Garment of Shadows publishes — in just five days! — I’ll be posting images from the book, with tidbits of prose to go along.  You might even want to re-visit these posts after you’ve got your hands on the book. “Black as hell, thick as death,” Holmes muttered in Arabic, watching the slim hands pour the…

Until Garment of Shadows publishes — in just six days — I’ll be posting images from the book, with tidbits of prose to go along.  You might even want to re-visit these posts after you’ve read the book. The town of Moulay Idriss was haram—sacred, or forbidden, a holy place suited for mystics. Order yours from Amazon,…

One week left until Garment of Shadows publishes! Til then I’ll be posting images from the book, with morsels of prose to go along.  You might even want to re-visit these posts after you’ve got your hands on the book. …deep in the Rif mountains, lies a town called Chaouen. It is a sacred town built…

Garment of Shadows hits the shelves in eight more days.  To celebrate, I’ll be posting an image from the book every day, with excerpts from the book to go along.  You may even want to re-visit these posts after you’ve read the book to feed your imagination. Tradition claimed it was some elaborate Arabic waterclock,…

Countdown to Garment of Shadows: nine days from today!  I’ll be posting a daily image from the book, with tasty tidbits of prose from the book to go along.  No spoilers, I promise.  You might even want to re-visit these posts after you’ve read the book. …pausing to take on a supply of sweetened almonds…

Garment of Shadows publishes in ten days. Until then, I’ll be posting images from the book, with tidbits of prose to go along.  You might even want to re-visit these posts after reading the book. It was a tannery, built along the river. Order yours from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Recorded Books, or a signed…

Until Garment of Shadows publishes in eleven days, I’ll be posting images from the book, with tidbits of prose to go along.  You might even want to re-visit these posts after you’ve got your hands on the book. One street held shops displaying tall cones of varicoloured powder, from the deep red of paprika to brilliant yellow…