(Hydra) in the suburbs of the Algerian capital. Dr. Sami returns to the family villa that has remained abandoned for a quarter of a century, a return that places him at the heart of a series of strange events that will turn his life upside down.
Everything begins with a recent appearance of a beggar in the neighborhood, a woman who silently extends her hand and conceals her face, a face that Sami discovers by chance and feels he knows its owner. Who is she? He cannot remember, he decides to ask her, but she disappears. He searches for her but cannot find her. Suddenly, he remembers who she is: it is Fayrouz, a childhood friend and schoolmate who occupies the rosy spot in his emotional memory.
The man is shocked and decides to make finding Fayrouz his sole concern, embarking on a search journey that will plunge him into a series of unprecedented strange events in history, reality, imagination, literature, and cinema.
"A Mystery Named Fayrouz" is not just a thrilling novel but also a terrifying exploration adventure into the depths of the human soul, those depths described in the novel as a crypt filled with waste, debris, painful memories, and frightening beings.
"A Mystery Named Fayrouz" is an exceptionally gripping novel, brilliantly exciting, written in a smooth and easy literary style yet elusive, a captivating style that ensnares the reader from the first page to the last, making them want to read it again.