Tea, glorious tea

By Laurie King / August 26, 2012 /

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…

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Tannery

By Laurie King / August 25, 2012 /

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…

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Spice Merchants

By Laurie King / August 24, 2012 /

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…

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Walled Gardens

By Laurie King / August 23, 2012 /

Countdown to Garment of Shadows: twelve 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. Fez was a hortus conclusus writ large, a garden walled around by…

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Shopping in Fez

By Laurie King / August 22, 2012 /

Until Garment of Shadows publishes in thirteen 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.   “They all haggled: over the cost of lemons, the measure of olives, the quality of tin cups. Colourful…

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Fourteen days to Garment of Shadows

By Laurie King / August 21, 2012 /

Countdown to Garment of Shadows: two weeks 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. “Dar Mnehbi was an ornate jewel-box better suited for…

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Puzzle Winner

By Laurie King / August 20, 2012 /

Congratulations to Tim O., the winner of last week’s puzzle contest. Tim, we haven’t heard back from you, so please be in touch at info@laurierking.com to claim your prize: a hardcover copy of Garment of Shadows.

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A party!

By Laurie King / August 16, 2012 /

This Sunday is the annual garden party at the Sussex home of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes.  But before you get out the car or book tickets, let me tell you that it’s all online, and all in the communal imagination.  That’s right: a Twitter party. Russell and Holmes have done this twice before, only…

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Book love

By Laurie King / August 14, 2012 /

Oh, I love to get the first copy of my newest book.  Love it.  Twenty-two times now, and it never gets old.  I’m sitting with my newest on the desk beside me as I type, and it looks like this: And you?  Will have to wait until September 4 for yours.

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Garment of Puzzles

By Laurie King / August 14, 2012 /

The past few years we’ve been doing a lot of pre-publication hoopla here at LRK-Land, but (you may have noticed) this year not so much. Partly this is because I’ve been moving house while also incredibly busy with Life and partly because, well, enough is enough even when it comes to fun.  But one thing…

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