Thirteenth Hour

Barbara Sofer

ISBN 10: 0451191064 / ISBN 13: 9780451191069

Published by Signet November 1997, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thirteenth Hour
• Publisher: Signet November 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451191064
• ISBN 13: 9780451191069
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Condition: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

An American-born woman biologist living in Jerusalem and an American-raised Muslim woman are recruited for a deadly, secret mission, finding themselves unlikely allies in a growing web of violence that threatens their families, heritage, and lives. Reprint.

Review

There's a very interesting take on the Palestinian question in this intelligent and exciting new thriller by an Israeli journalist. When Deborah Stern, an American-born biologist working at a Jerusalem hospital, witnesses an act of terrorism and signs up for a self-defense course, she gets involved in a situation that brings her first into confrontation and then into unexpected alliance with Raba Alhassan, who has just returned from Detroit to live in Jericho with her Palestinian family. Casual details, such as "In Jerusalem, three ambulances always meant a catastrophe," add to the story's heart-wrenching realism.