Who Killed Jerusalem? is an immersive murder mystery that has it all. Combining the page-turning intrigue of a classic whodunnit with the literary genius of William Blake, the book is sure to keep you guessing until the very end. Set in 1970s San Francisco, this rollicking and humorous novel follows Ickey Jerusalem as he meets his mysterious demise on an arriving red-eye flight from New York City. The story follows Ded Smith as he attempts to unravel the clues and uncover who murdered Jerusalem and why, and Ded Smith as he investigates Ickey Jerusalem’s mysterious death. Battling his way through blasphemous funerals, drug-induced dreams, poetry-charged love-making, offbeat philosophical discussions and more.
Smith must not only collect his usual detective’s clues but also unravel what happened by getting into the dead poet’s mind. With surprise twists and turns around every corner, Who Killed Jerusalem? will have you hooked from start to finish! Book review sites are already abuzz with readers recommending this unique blend of detective fiction and Brown’s iconic works. If you’re looking for an exciting and well-crafted literary adventure, pick up Who Killed Jerusalem? today! You won’t regret it!
Who Killed Jerusalem?: A Rollicking Literary Murder Mystery Based On William Blake’s Characters & Ideas Updated To 1970s San Francisco
A seamless melding of the intricate plotting of Umberto Eco in The Name of the Rose; the side-splitting humor of John Kennedy Toole in A Confederacy of Dunces; and the fabulous world of William Blake.
In 1977, Ickey Jerusalem, San Francisco’s golden-boy poet laureate, is found dead in a locked, first-class toilet on an arriving red-eye flight.
Ded Smith, a desperately unhappy, intelligent philistine with a highly developed philosophy to match, is called in to investigate the poet’s death. Thus begins a series of hilarious encounters with the members of Jerusalem’s coterie.
Ded soon realizes that to find out what happened, he must not only collect his usual detective’s clues but also, despite his own poetically challenged outlook, get into the dead poet’s mind. Fighting his way through blasphemous funerals, drug-induced dreams, poetry-charged love-making, offbeat philosophical discussions, and much, much more, he begins to piece together Jerusalem’s seductive, all-encompassing metaphysics.
But by then, the attempts to kill Ded and the others have begun.
Before Ded’s death-dodging luck runs out, will he be able to solve the case, and perhaps in the process, develop a new way of looking at the world that might allow him to replace his unhappiness with joy?
