The Jerusalem Puzzle

The Jerusalem Puzzle
Laurence O’Bryan

Behind Lady Tunshuq’s Palace in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem, archaeologist, Max Kaiser, has been found dead.In the same city, Doctor Susan Hunter who was translating an ancient script discovered in Istanbul, is missing.With his girlfriend Isabel Sharp, Sean Ryan is about to piece together the mystery of his colleague Max’s death and Susan’s disappearance. But as they explore the ancient and troubled city, they soon find themselves drawn into a dangerous and deadly game of fire.A taut thriller in the tradition of Dan Brown and Robert Harris.

LAURENCE O’BRYAN

The Jerusalem Puzzle

Copyright

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9781847562890

Ebook Edition July 2013 ISBN: 9780007453313

Version: 2017-09-05

‘When the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger.’

Henry V Act 3, Sc. 1, Wm Shakespeare.

The best part of this story is true.

Table of Contents

Title Page (#ua96fc726-dfb1-5922-ac30-33db1144f648)

Copyright (#u9d0d22d4-841a-57ff-8425-290fa8a64d23)

Epigraph (#u55c58974-aebd-5287-9584-86ccf4f6d287)

Chapter 1 (#u0988950c-5c02-52c5-b67b-6008b2daec27)

Chapter 2 (#u90ba8c98-0196-5500-b0a4-e9706bea366a)

Chapter 3 (#u1512e4d0-291d-5924-a722-b7f6ba685bfb)

Chapter 4 (#u323026f0-cb1a-59d9-83a8-c036ba1a9d27)

Chapter 5 (#u4087348b-0d50-5fae-8fb9-69d1fa01b661)

Chapter 6 (#u726a257b-4500-5b09-98ca-28a82a48a23c)

Chapter 7 (#udc0c959c-7e7e-5264-b369-a03ba3076a88)

Chapter 8 (#uea8ef341-bedc-502f-9cd7-b456b674e81d)

Chapter 9 (#u85762101-f132-5a58-a1df-3544849ddb92)

Chapter 10 (#u4c513dce-3f8f-5fb4-9c97-00148aa2e001)

Chapter 11 (#u881e6460-31a6-54a1-a48e-529cae189a00)

Chapter 12 (#u4eea49a2-1082-54e3-883f-ace72018c6b0)

Chapter 13 (#u4a8f6ba2-d5b3-508d-9d53-4724b4e79876)

Chapter 14 (#u632bf903-4b77-5e62-aac8-f37e0cd2627b)

Chapter 15 (#uea060e1b-e3c0-59fa-84ad-61cf8d61c0bb)

Chapter 16 (#ucc643b26-92b6-5025-9ae1-a88a6fe6248d)

Chapter 17 (#u0dedd30c-b633-5be4-aa03-42be43e03e6f)

Chapter 18 (#uc24b4faa-9c70-5557-889f-b733455a4be5)

Chapter 19 (#u6f95e41a-7e67-5f86-8f51-2685a1ae8b23)

Chapter 20 (#ubea0682f-7621-5eab-a459-b899f1ac1894)

Chapter 21 (#uedc90fe6-4fe6-5d4b-a01d-cc9e53e7c7a8)

Chapter 22 (#uc36f6463-f53a-53aa-9b96-11d77418263d)

Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)