A review by ssejig
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi finds a dead body that is assumed to be a suicide though she is skeptical. When another body is found with the same strange markings, she really starts to wonder. Then she gets contacted by the member of a secret society and a huge, universe-changing plot is uncovered. 

I heard about this series from the <a href="https://bookriot.com/listen/memoirs-by-survivors-of-abuse/">Book Riot podcast</a> and, while this novelette piqued my interest, it was way too short.