The Butcher of Casablanca - A Novel

A series of gruesome murders shakes the city of Casablanca. The killer knows exactly how the police will pursue him and how to obliterate evidence that could lead them to identify his victims. Fear spreads throughout the city as rumors abound that a serial killer is on the loose. Detective Hanash, despite his reputation, has hit a dead end. But he knows the killer will make a mistake, and it is up to him and his team to hunt down and capture this brutal criminal. Then comes the most audacious homicide: the victim is found on the first day of the Eid holiday, directly outside the police headquarters in the center of town.Is the killer taunting the police and its famous detective? And could this be the crime that contains the clue that Hanash has been waiting for?

Product details

• Authors: Abdelilah Hamdouchi
• Assisted by: Peter Daniel (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9789774169687
• ISBN: 978-977-416-968-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Hoopoe Fiction; A Detective Hanash Crime Novel
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Fiction in translation, Literature & literary studies, Morocco fiction; Morocco writers; Morocco mysteries