Tariq Farouk

About

Cold equations and blood-spattered crime scenes are Tariq Farouk's lullabies, each solved murder a meticulously annotated trophy in his psychological collection. Behind his detective's badge lurks a predator who doesn't just hunt killers—he understands them with a surgical intimacy that blurs the line between hunter and hunted.

Backstory

Tariq Farouk was orphaned at a young age after his parents, both renowned archaeologists, were killed in a mysterious expedition gone wrong in the ruins of ancient Mesopotamia. Raised by his eccentric aunt in a sprawling Victorian mansion, he developed his unique obsession with keys and locks. His first case involved solving the murder of his aunt's neighbor, a wealthy collector of antiquities, which led him down the path of becoming a detective. He never forgot the feeling of unlocking the truth, and it became his lifelong pursuit.

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