Murder mystery that takes place in Saudi Arabia written by an American who lived there for a time. While the story was interesting, I thought the background was better than the story. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the life of a woman in Saudi Arabia and all the restrictions placed on her...
I was torn between 3 stars and 4 stars, but it's more like 3 1/4 -- interesting mystery, but all the descriptions of life in Saudi Arabia were hard to take for this very liberated American woman who has absolutely no use for outward signs of religiosity. I will absolutely recommend this to high s...
Beneath the bridge, on a wide concrete walkway, there was a shantytown of the kind Katya had seen only in news footage—and even then, only in videos of impoverished, dejected places like the slums of Brazil or the lawless parts of Africa, where human life was treated as cheaper than that of an an...
Nayir half imagined that he would be upset, or bored, or dead of heat stroke, but he was sitting in the car, leisurely reading the Quran. The Toyota was running. The air conditioning must have been at full blast, because when Nayir opened the door to let Miss Hijazi in, a cold burst of air blew o...
Osama steered carefully around the soccer game, smiling to himself. He enjoyed her laughter and let it wash over him. He had never been bothered by her forwardness, the sloppy way she wore her hijab, or the simple banter that sprang up between them on the rare occasions they went on interviews to...