I am hoping you might like to read my second novel, Forbidden. Under the guidance of our imam, and a Muslim doctor, I wrote this fiction suspense / thriller. Setting is a future Middle East. This story is from the point of view of a Muslim police officer who is trying to solve an international crime. He has to deal with a corrupt superior and a woman (a witness) who is a prisoner and suffers from PTSD. He works with a CIA agent to solve the mystery while escaping from men who want to stop him. This novel can be purchased at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2TNTS5/... Year 2047, City of Samarra, capital of the Republic of Islamic Provinces & Territories Fifteen American travelers have vanished. Surrendering to a corrupt mayor’s demands, the devout Muslim and police captain becomes the reluctant keeper of his city’s bloody secret – and the witness, Eliza MacKay. Captain Sharif is horrified to discover that if he exposes the cover-up, his family will suffer dire consequences. Sharif’s only hope is to prove his government is free of guilt. Secretly, he hunts forensic evidence and discovers the shocking truth. Cornered by a CIA agent and hitmen, Sharif and MacKay run for their lives. Murder and kidnapping derails Sharif’s resolve to see justice served. Sharif is tortured by his deepening passion for the impetuous Eliza MacKay. In spite of her struggle with PTSD, he’s drawn to her unbounded courage and gentle touch. Islam forbids the intimacy he craves. In desperation to save Eliza, Sharif initiates an act most forbidden and fatal.
This novel can be purchased at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2TNTS5/...
Year 2047, City of Samarra, capital of the Republic of Islamic Provinces & Territories
Fifteen American travelers have vanished. Surrendering to a corrupt mayor’s demands, the devout Muslim and police captain becomes the reluctant keeper of his city’s bloody secret – and the witness, Eliza MacKay. Captain Sharif is horrified to discover that if he exposes the cover-up, his family will suffer dire consequences.
Sharif’s only hope is to prove his government is free of guilt. Secretly, he hunts forensic evidence and discovers the shocking truth. Cornered by a CIA agent and hitmen, Sharif and MacKay run for their lives. Murder and kidnapping derails Sharif’s resolve to see justice served.
Sharif is tortured by his deepening passion for the impetuous Eliza MacKay. In spite of her struggle with PTSD, he’s drawn to her unbounded courage and gentle touch. Islam forbids the intimacy he craves. In desperation to save Eliza, Sharif initiates an act most forbidden and fatal.