Novel set in USA, VIETNAM and JAPAN
City of Veils

Location(s): Jeddah
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): Modern
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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