The Dove's Necklace

This "surreal, meditative take on a murder mystery” (The Guardian, Best Books of Summer) is the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

When a woman's body is found in the alley of Abu Al Roos, Detective Nasser is thrust into a labyrinthine investigation that unveils the hidden life of this ancient city.

Nasser initially suspects that the dead woman is Aisha, one of the residents of the area, and searches her emails for clues. The world she paints embraces everything from crim...