The Ghost Runner

It is 2002 and as the reverberations of 9/11 echo across the globe, tensions run high on Cairo’s streets.

‘Enthralling’ Guardian

‘Vivid, energetic’ Sunday Times

‘Richly evocative’ Independent

‘Excellent’ Literary Review

Review in French magazine Telerama

Private Investigator Makana, in exile from his native Sudan and increasingly haunted by memories of the wife and daughter he has lost, is shaken out of his grief when a routine surveillance job leads him to the horrific murder of a teenage girl. In a country where honour killings are commonplace and the authorities seem all too eager to turn a blind eye, Makana determines to track down the perpetrator. He finds unexpected assistance in the shape of Zahra, a woman who seems to share Makana’s hunger for justice.
