![]() As Nayir and Katya’s investigation progresses, it becomes clear that at least one of the Shrawis has something to hide. and is employed in the women’s section of the state medical examiner’s office. ![]() Nayir, a conservative Muslim and an outsider because of his nationality, his class and his large stature, is wary of traversing the wide gulf between Saudi men’s and women’s worlds, and is encouraged by his friend Othman, an adopted son of the Shrawis, to seek out the help of Katya Hijazi, Othman’s fiancée. Palestinian Nayir al-Sharqi who lives in Jeddah and works occasionally for the rich Shrawi family, is asked by them to investigate Nouf’s death discreetly. A finely detailed literary mystery set in contemporary Saudi Arabia, Ferraris’s debut centers on Nouf ash-Shrawi, a 16-year-old girl who disappeared into the desert three days before her marriage and has been found dead, several weeks pregnant. ![]()
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