Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak
Minotaur Books
February 2017
On Sale: February 14, 2017
Featuring: Esa Khattak; Rachel Getty
368 pages ISBN: 1250096731 EAN: 9781250096739 Kindle: B01IN8O3SU Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
From Ausma Zehanat Khan, the critically acclaimed author of The Unquiet Dead and The Language of Secrets,comes Among the Ruins, another powerful novel exploring the interplay of politics and religion, and the intensely personal ripple effects of one womanβs murder.
On leave from Canadaβs Community Policing department, Esa Khattak is traveling in Iran, reconnecting with his cultural heritage and seeking peace in the countryβs beautiful mosques and gardens. But Khattakβs supposed break from work is cut short when heβs approached by a Canadian government agent in Iran, asking him to look into the death of renowned Canadian-Iranian filmmaker Zahra Sobhani. Zahra was murdered at Iranβs notorious Evin prison, where sheβd been seeking the release of a well-known political prisoner. Khattak quickly finds himself embroiled in Iranβs tumultuous politics and under surveillance by the regime, but when the trail leads back to Zahraβs family in Canada, Khattak calls on his partner, Detective Rachel Getty, for help.
Rachel uncovers a conspiracy linked to the Shah of Iran and the decades-old murders of a group of Iranβs most famous dissidents. Historic letters, a connection to the Royal Ontario Museum, and a smuggling operation on the Caspian Sea are just some of the threads Rachel and Khattak begin unraveling, while the list of suspects stretches from Tehran to Toronto. But as Khattak gets caught up in the fate of Iranβs political prisoners, Rachel sees through to the heart of the matter: Zahraβs murder may not have been a political crime at all.
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