Cairo, 2011, just weeks before the revolution. Police Detective Noredin, working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police Station, is handed the case of a murdered singer. He soon realizes that the investigation concerns the very power elite, close to the president's inner circle.

The novel,raises questions about self, the other, being, memory, memories, transformations, love, loss, and multiple voices, by addressing the problems of identity, cultural differences and citizenship for those who came from other countries to obtain the citizenships of European countries.

Louise has had to watch her husband start a new family in the four years since he left her. The 'other woman' is now his wife, and Louise's mother has even invited Caz to her wedding anniversary. But Louise isn't ready to let Caz enjoy the life that was once hers, or to let go of the man she still loves. As Louise starts to dig into Caz's past, the two women's pretence of civility starts to slip. But in trying to undermine each other, they discover...