Thank you, everyone who helped push Garment of Shadows onto a whole passel of bestseller lists, from the Indies to the Gray Lady.  That’s right, the New York Times has a spot for Laurie King, along with the Independent Booksellers of Northern California, and Southern California, and the Pacific Northwest, and, and.

Thank you.  I hope in return that you enjoyed your read.

Laurie

For those of you patiently (or otherwise) waiting for the audio of Garment of Shadows, I am told it will be up and available on Audible by the end of day tomorrow, at the latest.  Apparently it was a problem with getting them the metadata and images.  Whatever those might be.

Anyway, Recorded Books and I are both sorry for the delay.

At last, the day we’ve been waiting for since…well, the last pub day: That’s right, today’s the release day for Garment of Shadows.  I hope some of you will be at the Scottsdale launch party tonight, although if you’re in a different time zone, you can log on here to participate in everything except the taste of the hummus.

And since I’m sure all of you who aren’t waiting for me to sign a book for you in Scottsdale tonight will want to rush out to your local bookseller when they open, I won’t set any more words in front of you.  But in case you’d like a few more images, how about some that move?
This is one of the pleasures of a book that involves real people–you can see what they actually looked like, catch a glimpse of their world.

People like Mohammed bin Abd el-Krim:

who also appears here:

And what about the man on the French side of the border, that fellow with some unexpected connections to Sherlock Holmes, Marechal Hubert Lyautey?  He’s here, in scenes filmed just weeks after the close of Garment of Shadows.

Garment of Shadows will be in stores tomorrow!  This is the last daily image and excerpt of our countdown, but you might want to re-visit these daily posts after you’ve read the book.

“The older man on the other side of the brazier, dressed in a blue uniform with seven stars on its sleeve that even at this hour looked morning-crisp, was Morocco’s Resident General, Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey.”

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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 the far side was intact, and the cab held the usual complement of steering wheels and gear levers. There was no wind-­screen, but then, there never had been.”

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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 the mountainscape, his eyes the gaze of the Rif itself.”

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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 Recorded Books, or a signed copy from Poisoned Pen.

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 liquid into the miniature cup.

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