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Crime novel set in contemporary Saudi Arabia, by Zoe Ferraris. When a woman is found murdered in the desert her family ask Nayir, a Palestinian-born desert guide, to investigate.

Gripping crime novel set in contemporary Saudi Arabia, by Zoe Ferraris. Abridged by Alison Joseph. When Nouf ash-Shrawi, the spirited young daughter of a wealthy Saudi dynasty, is found murdered in the desert her family asks Nayir, a Palestinian-born desert guide, to investigate. As his inquiries progress, Nayir struggles with loyalties he has never before questioned: to old friends, to his faith and to a culture in which women take their secrets to the grave. Read by Zubin Varla and Sirine Saba.

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Mon 7 Jul 2008 22:45

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