Kingdom Of Strangers

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The thrilling new novel from the author of The Night of the Mi'raj and City of Veils, a mystery set in Saudia Arabia's underworld. 'Competition to Stieg Larsson from an unexpected quarter' Sunday TimesChief Inspector Ibrahim Zahrani is in trouble - his mistress has gone missing and strict Saudi Arabian laws saying that adultery is punishable by death mean he cannot report it. Things get worse when a secret grave containing the bodies of nineteen women is discovered - a serial killer is on the loose, undetected for many years. With nowhere else to turn, Ibrahim brings the case to clever, determined Katya Hijazi, one of the few women on the force. Drawn by both investigations into Saudi Arabia's perilous underworld, Katya must also be increasingly careful to hide a secret of her own.'Riveting, tense psychological drama' Joan Smith, Sunday Times'Sensitive, vivid descriptions of daily life in Saudi Arabia combine with neat plotting in Zoe Ferraris's excellent third novel. More please' Literary Review'Terrific . . . A first-class police procedural' The Times Ibrahim Al-Brehm is a respectable husband a police inspector on Jeddah's murder squad. But for the past year, he has been having an affair with a woman named Maria. One day though, she disappears.Terrified and with nowhere else to turn, Ibrahim goes to Katya, one of the few women on the force. As she ventures into Saudi Arabia's underworld, she uncovers a murder which connects Maria to a human trafficking ring. Soon Ibrahim realises that the killer is closer to home than he had ever imagined.Kingdom of Strangers is a suspenseful story of murder and deception among Saudi Arabia's shaded alleys, gleaming compounds and vast lonely deserts.

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Pagina's: 416, Paperback, Little, Brown Book Group