Katya is back and not satisfied just working in the forensics lab. She wants to help solve murders, but it's difficult for a female in Saudi Arabia to be accepted into the fold of male detectives. She has some help with Lead Inspector Zahrani--he's more liberal in his views of females and Islam. However, he isn't the perfect inspector that we might expect.
The core mystery involves the bodies of 19 murdered foreign women found in a Saudi desert. Someone is killing housekeepers--the women with no rights in Saudi Arabia. They can be used by their "owners," discarded, and no one really cares. But now the Jeddah police force knows about the crime and is determined to solve it. After all, they have a 90% murder case solving rate to uphold.
What amazes me about these books is how much I learn about the culture while being completely sucked into the setting and characters. I really want to know Katya and try to understand how she wants to be a detective, but wants to get married to Nayir, too.
If you like mysteries, please, please read Finding Nouf if you haven't already. I really don't think you'll be disappointed!
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