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Hathor’s Sleeping beauty
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Wallowing in self-pity over losing her best friend’s attention, Software Quality Engineer Mona Mounir has no idea her life is about to get infinitely more complicated. Her self-proclaimed aversion to love is tested just as she’s dragged into the murder investigation of her colleague and friend, Tarek. As the investigation closes in on her, an online stalker begins sending her cryptic clues through an Egyptian-mythology-themed website. Unsure who to trust, Mona finds herself relying on the arrogant yet disarmingly handsome Major leading the case. To prove her innocence and stay safe, she’s forced to play the stalker’s game. Armed only with her attention to detail and her software expertise, Mona tries to uncover which of her everyday coworkers is both watching her…and killing to get her attention.
286 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 5, 2025
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About the author
Marwa Moharram
1 book4 followersMarwa Moharram is an Egyptian-American software engineer, an author and a mother. She lives in Seattle with her husband, son and two very spoiled cats.
A true believer that stories are windows to a thousand lives, Marwa has been writing stories for her friends since middle school, providing them with her favorite way to escape and heal.
Marwa spends most of her time typing, be it code or a story, she’s on her keyboard most of the time. When she’s not typing, Marwa can be found reading, crafting or driving her kid around WA.
A true believer that stories are windows to a thousand lives, Marwa has been writing stories for her friends since middle school, providing them with her favorite way to escape and heal.
Marwa spends most of her time typing, be it code or a story, she’s on her keyboard most of the time. When she’s not typing, Marwa can be found reading, crafting or driving her kid around WA.
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January 7, 2026
I loved it. It's very fast-paced, keeps you thinking & trying to guess. The heart-shaped scar is also a classy move, in my humble opinion. I also loved that you couldn't guess who the stalker was. It kept you guessing.
I'm all for an insta-love, but at times it seemed Ahmed didn't do anything except be attracted to Mona, while she solved the majority of the case, so he's a pretty incompetent cop if you ask me, but he's a cop so kinda expected. also, if someone I was attracted to thought of my lips as "cute" they would get their own heart-shaped scar. xo
I loved the chapters with the stalker's POV, and though I don't usually like third person, that the chapters were a mix of both Ahmed and Mona was a really nice touch, I got to see both of their thoughts simultaneously & the transitions between both were very smooth.
I loved Mona, she's smart, funny & courageous, though I could do with less disney shirts.
Overall great book, and I can't wait for the second book!
I'm all for an insta-love, but at times it seemed Ahmed didn't do anything except be attracted to Mona, while she solved the majority of the case, so he's a pretty incompetent cop if you ask me, but he's a cop so kinda expected. also, if someone I was attracted to thought of my lips as "cute" they would get their own heart-shaped scar. xo
I loved the chapters with the stalker's POV, and though I don't usually like third person, that the chapters were a mix of both Ahmed and Mona was a really nice touch, I got to see both of their thoughts simultaneously & the transitions between both were very smooth.
I loved Mona, she's smart, funny & courageous, though I could do with less disney shirts.
Overall great book, and I can't wait for the second book!
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December 6, 2025
Captivating book. Couldn’t stop reading till I finished it!
December 17, 2025
This was such a fun read! Mona is easy to love and the witty banter delights throughout. You’ll also be on the edge of your seat as the stakes of this murder mystery thriller escalate alongside the swoony budding romance. I loved it. More please!
December 10, 2025
Where so I start? At the beginning…
Moharram’s debut novel kicks off with a prologue that triggers waves of obsession and violence that immediately hook you into the story. The story itself begins with strong nostalgic tones to the 2000-2010 decade when the world still had nice clean rom-coms, it also gives strong rom-com vibes even though it’s most definitely NOT a comedy. A brutal murder disrupts the pink-tinted world view of a right out of college sheltered girl at her first job. The romance is laid on a bit too thick for my taste but there are a couple of things I deeply enjoyed.
1. The courage (or perhaps the naivety) of the author to put code snippets in a fiction novel (that isn’t even sci-fi), it’s something I have only ever seen Neal Stephenson do (and HE writes sci-fi). The best thing about it is it’s not pretentious or condescending-i’m-cleverer-than-you and (i think) it works well with the non-techies. Need to confirm with the non-techies. Well done!
2. The nostalgia was honestly so good it made me smile at every reference! For those of us who were in their late teens and early twenties at that time, each shoutout was wholesome and a reminder of better times, especially those of us who lived in Egypt then.
3. This is where I start philosophizing. I LOVED LOVED LOVED the hidden struggles Mona - the protagonist - had with boundaries, especially with the male colleagues and friends in her vicinity. She CONSTANTLY had her personal space invaded, misplaced over-protectiveness from people who had no right to it. Sometimes she was indifferent to it, not seeing it as a thing- out of innocence (or naivety?), and with the “he could be the murderer/stalker” and “am i safe around this guy” thoughts becoming more pronounced, you can feel the innocence slowly getting lost, the ideas of “i am invincible” and “this happens to other people,” that people at that age and in that generation are famous for, dissolve. The same boundary gets crossed by Major Ahmed, except he’s the good guy, the hero, the figure of authority. If he’d been introduced before the actual murder I would have added him to the suspect list!
I feel the next book will have more layer, more nuances, and more sub-plots (and maybe the more mature rom-com romance of those a little older and wiser :p)
Looking forward to that!
Moharram’s debut novel kicks off with a prologue that triggers waves of obsession and violence that immediately hook you into the story. The story itself begins with strong nostalgic tones to the 2000-2010 decade when the world still had nice clean rom-coms, it also gives strong rom-com vibes even though it’s most definitely NOT a comedy. A brutal murder disrupts the pink-tinted world view of a right out of college sheltered girl at her first job. The romance is laid on a bit too thick for my taste but there are a couple of things I deeply enjoyed.
1. The courage (or perhaps the naivety) of the author to put code snippets in a fiction novel (that isn’t even sci-fi), it’s something I have only ever seen Neal Stephenson do (and HE writes sci-fi). The best thing about it is it’s not pretentious or condescending-i’m-cleverer-than-you and (i think) it works well with the non-techies. Need to confirm with the non-techies. Well done!
2. The nostalgia was honestly so good it made me smile at every reference! For those of us who were in their late teens and early twenties at that time, each shoutout was wholesome and a reminder of better times, especially those of us who lived in Egypt then.
3. This is where I start philosophizing. I LOVED LOVED LOVED the hidden struggles Mona - the protagonist - had with boundaries, especially with the male colleagues and friends in her vicinity. She CONSTANTLY had her personal space invaded, misplaced over-protectiveness from people who had no right to it. Sometimes she was indifferent to it, not seeing it as a thing- out of innocence (or naivety?), and with the “he could be the murderer/stalker” and “am i safe around this guy” thoughts becoming more pronounced, you can feel the innocence slowly getting lost, the ideas of “i am invincible” and “this happens to other people,” that people at that age and in that generation are famous for, dissolve. The same boundary gets crossed by Major Ahmed, except he’s the good guy, the hero, the figure of authority. If he’d been introduced before the actual murder I would have added him to the suspect list!
I feel the next book will have more layer, more nuances, and more sub-plots (and maybe the more mature rom-com romance of those a little older and wiser :p)
Looking forward to that!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 28, 2025
Currently reading this book and so excited already to finish it
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