Warda El Yazidi: Character Introduction - Murder in Heliopolis

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Murder in Heliopolis

Warda El Yazidi: Character Introduction

Intelligent, charming, and wise beyond her years, Dr. Warda El Yazidi is an unstoppable force. Her determination and perseverance have rewarded her with the perfect, happy life: a successful marriage with Laith, her dream job, and a rich personal and spiritual life.

When her husband is assigned to a murder investigation, however, her life is sent into a tailspin.

A quick portrait made using children's markers and color pencils!

In the blink of an eye, Warda finds herself navigating a new life - one where her husband's job reveals chilling realities lurking behind the perfect facade of PATET and puts them in a constant state of vigilance.

And, worst of all, her own hands are tied: she can't help Laith, apart from offering emotional support, and what he doesn't tell her might just get them killed...

As a general surgeon at the Central Hospital of Heliopolis, Warda has been in her fair share of stressful situations. When a series of threatening events make it clear that her life and that of her husband are in danger, she decides that enough is enough.

Only - it might be too late.

Early one morning, the TV is filled with news of Laith's terrible car crash, and Warda is beside herself in the ER when he's wheeled in...

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Learn more about other characters in Murder in Heliopolis - and more about the story itself - on the book's dedicated page here. Also, if you would like to be an alpha reader, please read this post.

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