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The Sufi Storyteller

In this contemporary murder mystery, an estranged mother and daughter urgently need to reconnect and navigate a world of Sufi story traditions to catch a killer, and to save each other.

Publication date: 17 April, 2025
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Description

In this contemporary murder mystery, an estranged mother and daughter urgently need to reconnect and navigate a world of Sufi story traditions to catch a killer, and to save each other.

There is a dead woman in the library.

Layla is a scholar of women’s histories and stories. Her life is a carefully constructed set of routines in her small American liberal arts college, but all of that is about to change...

Mira is a renowned Sufi storyteller who is running from a terrible past. When she learns that the murdered woman in the library was carrying a note from the killer addressed to her, she is presented with an opportunity to break a cycle of trauma and hurt. To confront her past, she must disclose the truth to Layla.

Together they enter the realm of Story, but can Layla find the forgiveness in her heart necessary to lead them to the answers they are looking for?

About the Author

Faiqa Mansab

Faiqa Mansab is a Pakistani writer. Her first novel,This House of Clay and Water,was published by Penguin India in 2017. It was an Amazon Editor’s Pick, Amazon International Women’s Writing pick and was shortlisted for the Getz-Pharma Literary Award and the German Consulate Peace Prize in 2018. The novel has been translated into Turkish, is available as an audiobook and has also been optioned for screen adaptation. Faiqa has an MFA creative writing with a high distinction from Kingston University London, where her thesis was awarded The Best Thesis Award, and an MA in gender studies from Birkbeck University. Faiqa was awarded the British Chevening Scholarship in 2019 and Saari Fellowship by Konee Foundation in 2024.The Sufi Storyteller is her second novel. Faiqa lives with her family in Lahore.

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