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Laury Silvers/Jayne Green
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Muslim Canadian author of mysteries and thrillers. #Toronto Thrillers by Jayne Green. Rat City, The #Sufi Mysteries Quartet and its spin-off, Ghazi Ammar (2025), by Laury Silvers. Fan of the IJC/ICC. Keeping my handles, but I'm not here
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DISGRACED: A TORONTO THRILLER IS STILL FREE UNTIL TOMORROW. I got a review that made me think the guy was high. I tried to write a trashy leftist novel and did not make it. Maybe this year is about believing in myself as a writer?
The novel reminded me of Michael Ondaatje In the Skin of A Lion (1987) that revolves around the fictionalized lives of the immigrants in Toronto of 1930’s. Disgraced shares the location and concern with lives of ordinary men and women who make this city work. Plot line moves fast, like the city itself, which seems to be always in a rush. What makes the Disgrace unique is the question it poses: What would happen when the lives of powerless ordinary people are left to the mercy of corporations that are only concerned with their bottom line at any cost? There was a time when you could read about the murder of labour union organizers (a true story) in Ondaatje’s novel In the Skin of A Lion, and shake your head at the grim reality of the Great Depression era brought about by an inhumane market economy. Now reading the Disgrace, both landscape and plotline looks so frighteningly familiar that it did not hit me as a thriller, though there is much complexity, adventure, intrigue, and mystery in the story to satisfy the fans of the genre. The Disgrace spoke to me as a prophetic visionary novel, a warning against unbridled predatory greed that spawn disruptive acts of desperate vengeance. But the novel is not all doom and gloom. It shows much hope in embracing a comprehensive practice of justice tempered by compassion and love.”
January 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I would read that particular title, but now am sad that I forgot to put girl in the title of my thriller. Sigh. But it's downloadable for free tomorrow. There are women in it.
December 31, 2024 at 1:13 AM
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I did it. It's free. Happy New Year. Starting 12/31 to 1/2, free download of Disgraced a Toronto Thriller by my alter-ego Jayne Green. Everyone loves it who reads it except for that one right-wing weirdo, so that's okay. I'm dour, but the book is vibrantly hopeful despite being Baby Reindeer weird.
On a background of the Toronto skyline: Disgraced: A Toronto Thriller by Jayne Green. Happy New Year. Free e-book on Amazon. Free. 12/31 - 1/2. llsilvers.com I hope you enjoy it! Please leave a review <3
December 31, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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I'm open to this conversation. I got thumbs up after passing it by a lot of people. I've got real compliments from it, even from bookstores. It's based on Ellroy's. Just to say, I vetted the cover thoroughly. What about it strikes you as a problem? I'm open to changing it, if that works.
December 14, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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At a #Survivor watch party for the finale. Pegasus in the village with my buddy Mo. happiest of happiest the dunya can deliver.
A man and woman smiling to the left of the frame. The bar behind is bustling with people and colourful lights.
December 12, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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I have to go to sleep, so I'll leave with this. :)
December 8, 2024 at 3:43 AM
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Here's a snippet for those who cannot click through:
The rhythmic blinking lights on the tail of a totalled white BMW are still running, hours after a catastrophic crash involving a TTC bus and a stolen BMW that sent two to hospital with life-threatening injuries early Monday morning. While the bus took minimal damage — shattered windows and jagged metal pieces jutting out from the front of its metal frame from the impact — the BMW is totalled. The front of its chassis is scrunched like a piece of paper, its doors ripped off and strewn aside exposing bright red seats. The airbags on the driver and passengers side have clearly gone off. Bits of metal, glass and plastic line the scene around the collision, with belongings, of either the occupants of the bus or car, on the pavement.
November 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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I was in the US and brought back Kerrygold butter to Canada (where we cannot get it because we, correctly, protect our small dairy farmers). It does make superior cookies per Twitter drama. I'll do a taste test with grass-fed local butter next which has a similar fat content.
An overhead shot of 8 8oz packages of Kerrygold butter in a Price Chopper basket. An overhead shot of a mixing bowl of cookie batter on a butcher block countertop with an 8oz package of kerrygold butter next to it and a bag of walnuts behind it. A picture of the finished chocolate chip cookie on a silicone mat, browned on the edges, soft in the centre with a few chocolate chips peeking through.
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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Art has a place. Maybe especially leftist trash thrillers. If you liked Baby Reindeer. You liked Lovecraft Country. You want to be entertained without losing your soul and maybe gaining something. Or you just want distraction that is the opposite of doom scrolling. Disgraced: A Toronto Thriller.
November 7, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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We're not giving up. Art has a place. Even leftist trash thrillers. When Nick Barnes sets out to destroy the payday lending company that ruined his mother's life, he sets in motion a high-stakes journey of self-discovery for those who received the data -- and all those in their orbit.
November 7, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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I'm relieved my novels sell regularly without my active promotion, they do that on word of mouth, readers telling other readers -- and privately, because I hear about it personally but don't leave reviews -- but I'll leave you with a notice here, just in case you haven't run into a reader.
The Sufi Mysteries Quartet Out Now. The Lover, The Jealous, The Unseen, and The Peace. Complete the Journey or Join Thousands of Readers and Begin. Transport yourself to the scene of a crime in medieval Baghdad. Zaytuna and Tein solve mysteries as they come to terms with their mystic mother's legacy and the violence they believe has consigned them to lives with out love. Omnibus e-book, the complete series, $9.99 US/CAD.
October 26, 2023 at 8:34 PM
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I'm so grateful for Daly Thompson's book on Queer Muslim communities in N.A. She tells the story of the mosque I co-founded (as a cis-het ally), our hopes, ideals, struggles, and realities. And gives the history of unsung heroes like
Nakia Jackson who deserves all the songs!
September 27, 2023 at 1:23 PM
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Murder, Mysticism, and History collide in medieval Baghdad! Haven't started The Sufi Mysteries Quartet (or only bought 1 or 2 on e-book?) Then check out this price on the complete set on e-book. Only $9.99. A bargain at any price! #Sufism #histfic #author amzn.to/462OBoV
September 25, 2023 at 6:25 PM
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COMPLETE THE JOURNEY
THE PEACE Out Now
JOIN THOUSANDS OF READERS AND BEGIN
THE SUFI MYSTERIES QUARTET

On Amazon, Bookshop and your local bookstore.
Omnibus e-book of the complete series $9.99
Original cover for a limited time on Amazon.

PLEASE SHARE amzn.to/463syyn
#author #writing #islam
An image of all four books in the Sufi Mysteries Quartet. The Peace in two covers, new and original. Text: COMPLETE THE JOURNEY JOIN THOUSANDS OF READERS AND BEGIN Transport yourself to the scene of a crime in medieval Baghdad. Zaytuna and Tein solve mysteries as they come to terms with their mystic mother’s legacy and the violence they believe has consigned them to lives without love. Widely used in university courses. Each mystery explores a turning point in Islamic history. Available now on Amazon, soon Bookshop and on order from your local bookstore. Omnibus e-book of the complete series available for $9.99 Original cover available for a limited time on Amazon only. PLEASE SHARE
September 23, 2023 at 1:00 PM
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Someone gets me! A Goodreads reviewer understand Mack. Rat City in REVENGE IN THREE, three Muslim authors remix THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Also THE PASHA OF TEXAS AND THE SPATIAL CONDITION.
Mack, the protagonist, is at last a dystopian character I can relate to. No Aeon Flux, this old gal moves with caution, feeling the accumulated pain of injuries collected over the years. Yeah. I grunt and use the wall to help me down, too. Also, she's no magic crone with all the answers. I relate. I, too, am just an old gal trying to get by, fix past mistakes, and not make too many new ones. Including mistakes of the heart. Yeah! We old gals actually do have libidos! My mom was dating well into her 70s.
September 22, 2023 at 10:50 PM
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My author-cup runneth over! Two releases in one week! REVENGE IN THREE: a Muslim authored remix of The Count of Monte Cristo and the completion of my series The Sufi Mysteries Quartet, a mystery series about the human soul exploring turning points in Islamic history widely used in universities.
An image of the cover of Revenge in Three: The Count of Monte Cristo: Three Muslim Authors: Three Retellings: Three Genres: Laury Silvers, Jibril Stevenson, J. Austin Yoshino. And the Sufi Mysteries Quartet all four books. Text reads: Revenge: Into a post-menopausal hard-boiled detective whose got too many f***s to give solving crimes in an alt-noir medieval world? Text reads: Sufi Mysteries: Or maybe the story of twins Zaytuna and Tein who solve mysteries in medieval Baghdad as they come to terms with their famed mystic mother’s legacy and the violence they believe has consigned them to lives without love?
September 22, 2023 at 6:07 PM
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Into The Count of Monte Cristo? You up for a Muslim Remix you could never have imagined?

REVENGE IN THREE

Laury Silvers • RAT CITY • Alt Medieval Noir
Jibril Stevenson • THE PASHA OF TEXAS • Western
J. Austin Yoshino • THE SPATIAL CONDITION • Hard Sci Fi

#author

www.amazon.com/Revenge-Thre...
Cover of the novel showing a mountain on a red background with a crescent moon. Revenge in Three: The Count of Monte Cristo: Laury Silvers, Jibril Stevenson, J. Austin Yoshino: 3 Muslim Authors: Three Retellings: 3 Genres "Three North American Muslim authors remix Alexander Dumas’ timeless classic The Count of Monte Cristo, to explore themes of revenge, justice, social class, personal transformation, and love. Each takes you on a visceral journey where you can see, smell, and feel the worlds that they create. Taken together, the remarkable stories in Revenge in Three explore race, abolition, anarchism, friendship, betrayal, and transcendence. " --Margari Hill, Executive Director, MuslimARC
September 19, 2023 at 7:17 PM
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My house now. Thanks!
September 15, 2023 at 12:26 AM
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It didn’t feel like 433 pages when I wrote it. The Peace. The final book of Zaytuna and Tein’s story, The Sufi Mysteries Quartet. This mystery centred on 10th c. Quran scholars and the debates over variations in the reading traditions. Out as soon as I finish these proofs. The first three await you!
September 13, 2023 at 8:41 PM
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For you!
August 18, 2023 at 12:42 AM
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Bluesky offered to translate your post. I clicked on it.
It translated the teary emoji as another teary emoji.
August 16, 2023 at 1:27 AM
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The guys don’t want their picture taken, but here’s some of the food I’ve been making! Beef and apricot tajine.
A slow roasted stew, caramelized surface with cilantro on top in a broad and shallow red clay tajine pot.
August 14, 2023 at 12:59 PM
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Me pulling all day edits trying not to get a blood clot. #author #writing
A picture of my computer on a desk and my feet on my under desk cycling thing.
August 8, 2023 at 3:19 PM
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Chrome and Safari. It seems to be limited to my account? Did you pin it and find it works from your feed menu?
August 6, 2023 at 4:26 PM
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Sorry for not replying earlier. I have a standing event I go to every Saturday and just got up. I'm on an iPhone and Mac. It's also happening on the Mac. Here's a screenshot from this morning same on the phone. My guess is that these things will be sorted, but maybe I need to tell the developers?
August 6, 2023 at 1:32 PM