When darkness comes

Author's name: Muhammad Ahmad Hussein

A novel inspired by true events that took place in the early 1940s; a theater artist encounters a mysterious figure, turning her life upside down and revealing what no one else has seen. Simultaneously, a series of horrific murders of women and girls spread terror throughout the streets, and the police are unable to apprehend the perpetrator. Thirty-eight years later, an officer begins his pursuit of a deranged serial killer terrorizing Cairo by murdering girls in the same manner as before, as if history is repeating itself. The officer finds a message on his door bearing the words, "I am closer to you than you imagine," thus beginning his journey to uncover a mystery that will change his life completely…