Pillars of Solomon [Paperback]

Jon Land (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Forge (1999)
• ASIN: B000OTO70G
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Palestinian/Israeli love and detection, October 21, 2002

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This review is from: The Pillars of Solomon (Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

The seething tensions, hatreds, barbarisms and political pitfalls of Israeli-Palestinian relations form the shifting sands of daily life and police work in Jon Land's "Pillars Of Solomon," featuring the second pairing of Palestinian American detective Ben Kamal and Israeli police inspector Danielle Barnea.

Kamal and Barnea, who fell in love in "The Walls of Jericho" but were parted by political realities, are working separately as the book opens; Barnea investigating the murder of an old Jewish shopkeeper and Kamal looking into the disappearances of Palestinian children.
Their paths cross in prickly information sharing but the cases do not converge until Barnea digs into the shopkeeper's war-hero days and Kamal unearths a conspiracy of slavery and child-selling which dates to the early days of Palestinian refugee camps.

The story seethes with political complexities small and large. These realities - hampered movements, sabotaged phone systems, suicide bombers - do much to enhance the action and suspense and Land leads the reader into a labyrinth of past and present where hides a secret so great no one alive can be trusted with it.

Land fuels his thriller with a realistic sense of man's horrifying inhumanity and the glimmers of hope to be found in individuals.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Land's latest is one of his best !!, April 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pillars of Solomon (Hardcover)

Jon Land's brilliant sequel to THE WALLS OF JERICHO once again pits Palestinian cop Ben Kamal and Israeli detective Danielle Barnea against nefarious forces determined to wreak havoc in the Middle East. Only this time the enemy is a white slavery ting that is somehow connected to a terrifying secret that's been buried for half a century. This labyrinthine tale is not only Land's top effort ever, it is the best thriller of the year from the best suspense writer going. A tour de force of trachery and intrigue that begs to be read in a single sitting.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great continuation of a excellent story line and characters, March 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pillars of Solomon (Hardcover)

Mr. Land has continued a great story line and characters in his latest release. While the title recieves a fleeting reference in the novel you are none the less caught up in the intrique in the often explosive Middle East "political" scheme of things. The premise of the story is entirely plausible, and makes you wonder if it is really possible, and the answer being a beliveable YES.

This novel has everything a reader could possibly want and more. The Middle Eastern area will be sure to make future novels by Mr. Land a reality due to the changing political climate, and the characters of Kamal and the Pakad should make for great reading.