The Unquiet Dead - Softcover

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 a former adjunct law professor and was Editor-in-Chief of "Muslim Girl" magazine, the first magazine targeted to young Muslim women. A British-born Canadian, Khan now lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband. "The Unquiet Dead" is her first novel.

"A spectacular debut. Khan has written a heartbreaking book that stays with you long after you've put it down."
--REZA ASLAN, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "Zealot
""What a debut! Ausma Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" is a stirring mystery with unexpected, complex characters and a story that will keep you flipping pages until the wee hours."
--JILLIANE HOFFMAN, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Pretty Little Things
""Evocative, surprising, and important. With its mesmerizingly personal voice, each lyrical sentence reveals another suspenseful layer of this complex and heartbreaking mystery. Harrowing and disturbing, its delicate strength creates tension on every page."
--HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of "The Other Woman
""It would be enough that Ausma Zehanat Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" gives us an intriguing new detective team in Esa Khattak and Sgt. Rachel Getty. But it does far more than that. Khan creates an engrossing story that allows her to sift through the emotional rubble of real-world tragedy. In the end, it isn't just gripping. It's devastating."
--STEVE HOCKENSMITH, Edgar-nominated author of "Holmes on the Range"

"Heartbreaking...[a story] that needs to be told."--"Booklist
""A spectacular debut. Khan has written a heartbreaking book that stays with you long after you've put it down."
--REZA ASLAN, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "Zealot
""What a debut! Ausma Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" is a stirring mystery with unexpected, complex characters and a story that will keep you flipping pages until the wee hours."
--JILLIANE HOFFMAN, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Pretty Little Things
""Evocative, surprising, and important. With its mesmerizingly personal voice, each lyrical sentence reveals another suspenseful layer of this complex and heartbreaking mystery. Harrowing and disturbing, its delicate strength creates tension on every page."
--HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of "The Other Woman
""It would be enough that Ausma Zehanat Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" gives us an intriguing new detective team in Esa Khattak and Sgt. Rachel Getty. But it does far more than that. Khan creates an engrossing story that allows her to sift through the emotional rubble of real-world tragedy. In the end, it isn't just gripping. It's devastating."
--STEVE HOCKENSMITH, Edgar-nominated author of "Holmes on the Range"

"Khan's stunning debut is a poignant, elegantly written mystery laced with complex characters."
--"Kirkus Reviews
""A spectacular debut. Khan has written a heartbreaking book that stays with you long after you've put it down."
--REZA ASLAN, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "Zealot
""What a debut! Ausma Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" is a stirring mystery with unexpected, complex characters and a story that will keep you flipping pages until the wee hours."
--JILLIANE HOFFMAN, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Pretty Little Things
""Evocative, surprising, and important. With its mesmerizingly personal voice, each lyrical sentence reveals another suspenseful layer of this complex and heartbreaking mystery. Harrowing and disturbing, its delicate strength creates tension on every page."
--HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of "The Other Woman
""It would be enough that Ausma Zehanat Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" gives us an intriguing new detective team in Esa Khattak and Sgt. Rachel Getty. But it does far more than that. Khan creates an engrossing story that allows her to sift through the emotional rubble of real-world tragedy. In the end, it isn't just gripping. It's devastating."
--STEVE HOCKENSMITH, Edgar-nominated author of "Holmes on the Range"

"Beautiful and powerful."
--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Khan's stunning debut is a poignant, elegantly written mystery laced with complex characters."
--"Kirkus Reviews
""A spectacular debut. Khan has written a heartbreaking book that stays with you long after you've put it down."
--REZA ASLAN, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "Zealot
""What a debut! Ausma Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" is a stirring mystery with unexpected, complex characters and a story that will keep you flipping pages until the wee hours."
--JILLIANE HOFFMAN, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Pretty Little Things
""Evocative, surprising, and important. With its mesmerizingly personal voice, each lyrical sentence reveals another suspenseful layer of this complex and heartbreaking mystery. Harrowing and disturbing, its delicate strength creates tension on every page."
--HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of "The Other Woman
""It would be enough that Ausma Zehanat Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" gives us an intriguing new detective team in Esa Khattak and Sgt. Rachel Getty. But it does far more than that. Khan creates an engrossing story that allows her to sift through the emotional rubble of real-world tragedy. In the end, it isn't just gripping. It's devastating."
--STEVE HOCKENSMITH, Edgar-nominated author of "Holmes on the Range"

"Beautiful and powerful."--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Khan's stunning debut is a poignant, elegantly written mystery laced with complex characters."--"Kirkus Reviews
""Compelling and hauntingly powerful...anyone looking for an intensely memorable mystery should put this book at the top of their list."--"Library Journal" (starred review)
"A spectacular debut. Khan has written a heartbreaking book that stays with you long after you've put it down."--REZA ASLAN, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "Zealot
""What a debut! Ausma Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" is a stirring mystery with unexpected, complex characters and a story that will keep you flipping pages until the wee hours."--JILLIANE HOFFMAN, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Pretty Little Things
""Evocative, surprising, and important. With its mesmerizingly personal voice, each lyrical sentence reveals another suspenseful layer of this complex and heartbreaking mystery. Harrowing and disturbing, its delicate strength creates tension on every page."--HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of "The Other Woman
""It would be enough that Ausma Zehanat Khan's "The Unquiet Dead" gives us an intriguing new detective team in Esa Khattak and Sgt. Rachel Getty. But it does far more than that. Khan creates an engrossing story that allows her to sift through the emotional rubble of real-world tragedy. In the end, it isn't just gripping. It's devastating."--STEVE HOCKENSMITH, Edgar-nominated author of "Holmes on the Range"