A Deadly Divide, Ausma Zehanat Khan
A Deadly Divide, Ausma Zehanat Khan
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A Deadly Divide
A Mystery

Author: Ausma Zehanat Khan

Narrator: Peter Ganim

Unabridged: 12 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/12/2019


Synopsis

From the critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, A Deadly Divide is the devastatingly powerful new thriller featuring beloved series detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty.

In the aftermath of a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec, the local police apprehend Amadou Duchon—a young Muslim man at the scene helping the wounded—but release Etienne Roy, the local priest who was found with a weapon in his hands.

The shooting looks like a hate crime, but detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty sense there is more to the story. Sent to liaise with a community in the grip of fear, they find themselves in fraught new territory, fueled by the panic and suspicion exploited by a right-wing radio host.

As Rachel and Esa grapple to stop tensions shutting the case down entirely, all the time, someone is pointing Esa in another direction, a shadowy presence who anticipates his every move.

A Deadly Divide is a piercingly observed, gripping thriller that reveals the fractures that try to tear us all apart: from the once-tight partnership between detectives Esa and Rachel, to the truth about a deeply divided nation.

About Ausma Zehanat Khan

AUSMA ZEHANAT KHAN holds a Ph.D. in international human rights law with a specialization in military intervention and war crimes in the Balkans. She is the author of the award-winning Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty mystery series, which begins with The Unquiet Dead, as well as the critically acclaimed Khorasan Archives fantasy quartet. Her new crime series, featuring Detective Inaya Rahman, debuted with Blackwater Falls. Blood Betrayal, her follow-up novel, won the Colorado Book Award and was a Finalist for the WILLA Literary Award for Multiform Fiction. Ausma is also a contributor to the anthologies Private Investigations, Sword Stone Table, The Perfect Crime and A Thousand Nights. She is the founder of the Muslim Writers Index, and the author of the middle grade book, Ramadan. A British-born Canadian and former law professor, Ausma now lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband.


Reviews

Here I go, jumping into a series late in the game. Oh, friends, it did not matter. Rachel Getty and Esa Khattack have such good detective chemistry, I bought into the storyline instantly. There’s been a mass shooting of twelve people at a Quebec mosque. Immediately things go awry when the police rele......more


Awards

  • Library Journal Best Books of the Year