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Chargement... Kingdom of Strangers: A Novel (A Katya Hijazi and Nayir Sharqi Novel) (édition 2013)par Zoë Ferraris
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A disappointing conclusion (?) after reading the first two better books in this series. Zoe Ferraris continues to paint a depressing, but likely accurate picture of Saudi Arabia: a repressive society, where women are segregated and subservient, and here a large foreign population work as exploited servants. In the opening scene, a body is discovered on the outskirts of Jeddah, and many others are unearthed, leading to an investigation of a serial killer of these servants. While Ferraris does a good job on exploitation and human trafficking, she loses track of developing her main characters, Katya and Nayir (especially him), whose relationship concerns are not shared between them, even though they Extremely interesting insight into life in Saudi Arabia cleverly woven together in an intriguing tale of love, murder and everyday struggles. I was a little dissatisfied with the ending as I never felt like there was a big climax, it just slowly tied everything together and came to a leisurely end, but I think it felt right in retrospect. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Ibrahim Al-Brehm, a respectable husband and police inspector on Jeddah's murder squad, goes to Katya, one of the few women on the force, to locate a missing woman and Katya uncovers a murder which connects the woman to a human trafficking ring. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This particular book deals with the hunt for a serial murderer after the bodies of 19 women are discovered in the desert. The lead inspector Ibrahim Zahrani, has allowed Katya a certain amount of freedom in the working environment, but he is also dealing with a devastating mystery of his own, as his mistress, Sabria, has suddenly disappeared. As a married man, he enlists Katya’s help in this as he faces beheading if his relationship with Sabria is discovered. Katya is drawn into both investigations but faces a lot of distrust from her male co-workers.
A Kingdom of Strangers portrays the hunt for a serial killer as well as giving us an insight into the on-going trafficking of women, brought into the country under false pretenses. The author has also calmly pulled the curtain back to reveal how ordinary women are treated and expected to behave in this culture. Overall this was an intricate and fascinating read. ( )