The Butcher's Theater (Abridged)

They call the ancient hills of Jerusalem the**butcher's theater. Here, upon this bloodstained stage,**a faceless killer performs his violent specialty:**The first to die brutally is a fifteen-year-old**girl. She is drained of blood, then carefully bathed**and shrouded in white. Precisely one week later, a**second victim is found. From the sacred**Wailing Wall to the monasteries where dark secrets**are cloistered, from black-clad bedouin enclaves**to labyrinthine midnight alleys, veteran pol...