Night Falls on Damascus

Night Falls on Damascus holds up a mirror to the continuing puzzle of the Middle East as it weaves a rich and engrossing tale of murder, revenge, and the corruption of power.

Discover Nicolai Faroun's Damascus through  five articles by Frederick Highland.

Enter through The Eight Gated City, pick up a Hamsa in the souk, witness the Battle at Maislun Pass, meet Syria's Last King, and finish off your visit with a meal of Damascus Delicacies.

Kirkus Reviews:
No, there never really was peace in the Middle East. Six months into his tenure as Chief of the Damascus Prefecture, Nikolai Faroun has gone through four assistants, been abandoned by his German girlfriend and his cat, and been told by his superior that he has five days to solve the case...  [more]

Publishers Weekly:
Set in the exotic and turbulent world of Syria in the 1930s,  Frederick Highland’s new novel, Night Falls on Damascus, tells the story of a French Syrian police inspector, Nikolai Faroun, caught up in a complex murder investigation of a beautiful and controversial woman from a prominent Damascus family... [more]

Young womanl sitting along the banks of the Barada
 

Website and All Contents Copyright (c) 1997-2008 Frederick Highland