Finding Nouf blew me away! It will take you behind the chador, but will not make fun of or ridicule the culture. Zoe Ferraris married a Saudi Arabian man and lived for a while in Jeddah the setting for the mystery. She uses her intimate knowledge of the setting and the culture to give us a compelling mystery. Nouf goes missing; her prominent family hires Nayir, an experienced desert tracker, to help in the search. When her body is found, the facts do not sit comfortably with Nayir. Katya in the medical examiner's office also has concerns about what really happened to Nouf. The tension between Nayir and Katya as they try to discover the truth is part of the story. Nayir is uncomfortable interacting with Katya, there are taboos on what is permissible between a single woman and a man.