A crime novel centered on Najiya, a woman who finds herself with a decomposing corpse at her feet, soon followed by two more. The story is told through her fragmented memories, a journalist’s investigation, and a police detective’s inquiry, blurring the lines between victim and perpetrator in a tale of psychological suspense. As a successful author of multiple crime novels, Noha Daoud’s work represents the solid establishment of the crime/thriller genre within the modern Arabic literary market, which has historically been dominated by social realism and historical fiction.