- Location(s): Sweden
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Current
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time. Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son’s well-being, Balder wants...
The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
- Location(s): Syria, Indiana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
Syrian immigrant Khadra Shamy is growing up in a devout, tightly knit Muslim family in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of bad polyester and Islamic dress codes. Along with her brother Eyad and her African-American friends, Hakim and Hanifa,...
- Location(s): Singapore
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Singapore is a good house in a bad neighborhood. Three hundred million Muslims live in Indonesia and Malaysia completely surrounding the barely five million people living in the secular city-state. Islamic terrorism in Asia may not get much attention...