1. Debut in English from an novelist who is both a bestselling author in his home country and has been shortlisted for the "Arabic Booker," the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
2. Deftly combines historical events and figures with fiction.
3. Hinges on the real-life, infamous heist in which a prominent businessman was murdered in his Cairo villa in the 1920s.
4. The book is in development for a Netflix series