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Author also writes as Laury Silvers

Laury Silvers is a North American Muslim, raised in the United States but finally at home in Canada. She writes historical mysteries set in medieval Muslim lands and contemporary thrillers set in Toronto under the name "Jayne Green."

The Toronto Thrillers, written under the name Jayne Green are emotionally layered and plot-twisty, and on the left side of things politically. No need to sell your emotional or political soul to enjoy a trashy thriller. Disgraced out now.

Warning: The Sufi Mysteries Quartet is set narratively on the strange meeting ground between Umberto Eco (way too academic and philosophical for the average historical mystery reader) and Pedro Almodovar (way too melodramatic). They are so hist
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Disgraced: A Toronto Thriller

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The Lover by Laury Silvers
"So often Muslim history is written in broad strokes. Either it is all about valiant, near perfect, infallible human beings or they are terrorists. Completely black and white.

It is rare that you find a historical fiction novel based in a Muslim soci" Read more of this review »
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"This is the first book by Jayne Green I've read and WHOAA! This book pulled me in immediately and had me questioning everything. It has all you look for in a thriller: believable characters, a layered plotline, and plenty of twists. I loved how the a" Read more of this review »
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" I cannot thank you enough. I feel like I want to send you flowers! —Laury/Jayne "
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"Really fantastic, stay-up-until-2-am to finish it, edge-of-your-seat read with just the right amount of moving parts and whodunnit. Thrillers are usually not my cup of tea, but the ones I love are full of the rich lives and interests of their authors" Read more of this review »
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"This was such a wonderfully atypical thriller. After years of reading thrillers and mysteries that have been flattened by overly formulaic writing I had all but given up. But this book, though strange, is not implausible. And that's its greatest stre" Read more of this review »
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