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 ...
**An copy of this book was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**The good:Decent prose. Nothing superb, but I couldn't really complain either. Additionally, some very neat ideas and imagery, especially as regards the constellations and the Memory Sea.The bad:- Bas...
Book 3, in the Katya Hijazi seriesThis is another unusual and intricate mystery giving us an insider’s view into the customs of Saudi inhabitants. It delves into the heart and lives of women in one of the most mysterious and closed societies of the world. Ms. Ferraris has created a winning combinati...
Among the well-to-do families of Jeddah, Palestinian-born desert guide Nayir is an outsider. But when Nouf ash-Shrawi, the sixteen-year-old daughter of a wealthy Saudi dynasty, disappears just before her arranged marriage, Nayir is the man the Shrawis trust to bring her home. Days later Nouf's body ...
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...
A fairly standard mystery elevated above the norm with its Saudi Arabian setting and thorough look into multiple practices of Islam. The working relationship between Palestinian investigator Nayir Sharqi and forensic scientist Katya Hijazi -- each coming to their religion at different angles -- mak...
I haven’t read any books set in Jeddah so my curiousity was more than piqued by the synopsis of the novel. So I requested it. It was only when I was more than fifty percent done with the book that I realized that it was the third in a series. I doubt there’s much of a carry-over from the previous bo...
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...
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