KINGDOM OF STRANGERS
JUNE 2012 HARDCOVER
Kingdom of Strangers: A Novel
Zoë Ferraris
978-0-316-07424-7, $25.99
A riveting tale of murder and deception by the acclaimed author of City of Veils.
A secret grave is unearthed in the desert revealing the bodies of 19 women and the shocking truth that a serial killer has been operating undetected in Jeddah for more than a decade.
However, lead inspector Ibrahim Zahrani is distracted by a mystery closer to home. His mistress has suddenly disappeared, but he cannot report her missing since adultery is punishable by death. With nowhere to turn,
Ibrahim brings the case to Katya, one of the few women on the force. Drawn into both investigations, she must be increasingly careful to hide a secret of her own.
Portraying the lives of women in one of the most closed cultures in the world, award-winning author Zoë Ferraris weaves a tale of psychological suspense that delves into the dangerous territory of the Saudi underworld.
Zoë Ferraris’s previous novel, City of Veils, was a finalist for the NCIBA Book Award. Her first novel, Finding Nouf (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,2008), won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for First Fiction, was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection.
About the author: Zoë Ferraris moved to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the first Gulf War to live with her then-husband and his extended family of Saudi-Palestinian Bedouins. She has an MFA from Columbia University and now lives in San Francisco.
Publicity contact: Theresa Giacopasi, theresa.giacopasi@hbgusa.com
