by Zoë Ferraris
bookshelves: tbr-busting-2015, series, published-2010, e-book, muslim, dec-2015-free-for-all, winter-20152016, jan-2016-litricher, lifestyles-deathstyles, lifesa-beach, tbr-busting-2016 Recommended for: Laura, Wanda et al Read from December 17, 2015 to January 03, 2016 Description: The body of ...
Zoe Ferraris’ City of Veils is a typical murder mystery with a twist. The twist, in this case, is not sudden or shocking but rather a fundamental element of the story, as the twist is mentioned in the synopsis - empowered women in a traditional Islamic society. Reading about Katya’s and Leila’s tria...
I enjoyed this crime novel set in Saudi Arabia. It is interesting to see the country seen both through the eyes of a western woman, Miriam, whose husband is missing, and those of the Saudi investigators .It gives a more well rounded picture than we sometimes get I feel. Likeable characters, especia...
I enjoyed this crime novel set in Saudi Arabia. It is interesting to see the country seen both through the eyes of a western woman, Miriam, whose husband is missing, and those of the Saudi investigators .It gives a more well rounded picture than we sometimes get I feel. Likeable characters, especia...
A detective mystery set in Saudi Arabia. Your first thought might be that there is going to be a lot of exposition about Islam and contrasting radical extremists with "good" Muslims, or disquisitions on the status of women in Islam and how much it sucks to be a Saudi woman. While these topics come u...
I loved this a great deal more than the first one. Gives a wonderful perspective of what it is like to live in Saudi culture. The mystery was also excellent, had me guessing right up to the end. Excellent stuff.
Enjoyed this one very much. Hope there are more in the series coming out.
Wow...I loved this book from the setting to the story, I will definately be seeking this author out in the future. The setting of Saudi Arabia is definately not commonplace in fiction and it was obvious from the writing that the author had either lived in the society or done a significant amount of...
Life for women in Saudi Arabia =Burqa requiredBrain optionalBYOB(Bring Your Own Brother/Bodyguard/Bedouin) any time you set foot outside your home. I thought City of Veils, although perhaps overlong, was a much better novel than Finding Nouf. It explores the varying levels of compliance with religio...
Zoe Ferraris' City of Veils is a simple enough whodunnit--there's the victim, the victim's family and friends, and the investigators. What makes this more than just another whodunnit is its setting--in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Where women's movement and activities are limited, the police investigat...
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