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Title: City Of Veils
Condition: New
Author: Zoe Ferraris
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 034912213X
EAN: 9780349122137
ISBN: 9780349122137
Publisher: Abacus
Genre: Fiction
Topic: Crime Thrillers & Mystery
Release Date: 05/05/2011
Description:

The crime: one scalding afternoon, the mutilated body of a young woman, half naked beneath her burqa, is discovered on a Saudi beach; soon afterwards a Western woman's husband vanishes without trace.

The place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the City of Veils. A city of narrow streets and closed shutters, where nothing is what it seems ;and the Empty Quarter - one of the most beautiful, yet unforgiving deserts on earth.

The people: Miriam Walker, alone in an alien culture, desperate to find her missing husband. Katya, a forensic scientist battling the prejudices of a society full of sexual, religious and moral contradictions; and Nayir, devout Muslim, desert guide, amateur sleuth - the man she loves.

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