Among the Ruins: A Mystery (Hardcover) by Ausma Zehanat Khan

from cathyskye

Ausma Zehanat Khan's series continues its strong characterizations, intricate plots, and fine storytelling. As Esa Khattak finds it increasingly difficult to sidestep the people in Iran who are keeping him under surveillance, and as I learned more about Iran's turbulent history and the fate of it...

from Beamis12

3.5 Esa Khattek, a police officer in Canada, on leave due to a death in his last case, travels to Iran to reconnect with his Muslim roots. While there he will become embroiled in the tortuous death at the notorious Evin prison of a Canadian/Iranian filmmaker. I find this series fascinating, learn...

from DGRachel

"A few miles from where he took tea in a courtyard, screams sounded against the walls of a prison, darkening the skies. A graveyard scarred the hills, witness to the truth. Khattak knew of no way to measure these realities, or to grapple with their contrasts. He felt an unbearable pity for (spoil...

from VictoriaJZ

Yet another fascinating book by Ausma Khan. This one has Inspector Khattak and his assistant, Rachel Getty, embark on solving the murder of a Canadian-Iranian filmmaker in Iran. As with her other works, I learn so much about events and peoples that I should know more about. For that, being transp...

from gypsysmom

This is the second book by Ausma Zehanat Khan that I have read this year. After I read her first book, The Unquiet Dead, I knew I wanted to read more about this crime-solving duo of Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty. They are located in Toronto but for this book Esa is in Iran recovering from whatever...