Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan

From critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, Blackwater Falls
is the first in a timely and powerful crime series, introducing Detective
Inaya Rahman.
A gripping and compulsive mystery, but much more than that: an
exploration of faith, prejudice and fear of the unknown." - Ann Cleeves,
New York Times bestselling author of the Vera, Shetland and Two Rivers
series
Girls from immigrant communities have been disappearing for months in the
Colorado town of Blackwater Falls, but the local sheriff is slow to act and the
fates of the missing girls largely ignored. At last, the calls for justice become
too loud to ignore when the body of a star student and refugee - the Syrian
teenager Razan Elkader - is positioned deliberately in a mosque.
Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Seif of the Denver Police are
recruited to solve Razan's murder, and quickly uncover a link to other missing
and murdered girls. But as Inaya gets closer to the truth, Seif finds ways to
obstruct the investigation. Inaya may be drawn to him, but she is wary of his
motives: he may be covering up the crimes of their boss, whose connections
in Blackwater run deep.
Inaya turns to her female colleagues, attorney Areesha Adams and Detective
Catalina Hernandez, for help in finding the truth. The three have bonded
through their experiences as members of vulnerable groups and now they
must work together to expose the conspiracy behind the murders before
another (...)

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 series. Her new crime series featuring
Detective Inaya Rahman begins with Blackwater Falls . She is also a
contributor to the anthologies Private Investigations, Sword Stone Table, and
The Perfect Crime, and the former Editor-in-Chief of Muslim Girl magazine. A
British-born Canadian and former adjunct law professor, Khan now lives in
Colorado with her husband.

Minotaur
On Sale: Nov 7/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 400 pages
9781250906410 • $25.00 • pb
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
Series: Blackwater Falls