A DEADLY DIVIDE REVIEWS
"[The] author’s background in international human rights law provides strong underpinnings. But this is not a social document — it is a page-turner. Khan’s acutely realised protagonists are never idealised but always deeply human." |
"Issues of religion, culture, and racism take center stage in Khan’s outstanding fifth novel featuring Insp. Esa Khattak...Khan perceptively explores how fear can quickly erupt into violence." |
"Khan masterfully weaves story-driving character development and |
"Khan peoples her police procedural with believably nuanced characters to highlight the consequences of hate. The tension never lets down in this horrifying look at mass murder and the often mundane factors that inspire it." |
"A Deadly Divide feels like a homecoming, but to a home that's no longer a safe space. I can't recommend this timely and urgent read enough." |
One of the genre's most thoughtful practitioners. |
"A Deadly Divide, as with Khan’s previous novels, expands the Canadian crime fiction palette because it presents a world where crime-solving is part of deeper and more substantive global issues. It’s a piece of fiction that manages to tell a truth even non-fiction has had trouble communicating." |
"As each book in the murder mystery series unfolds, the partnership between Esa |
"In a fast-paced and expertly plotted mystery, Khan explores the depths of human complexity and the very human costs of hate." |
"A terrific suspense novel, beautifully set up and resolved." |
"...An excellent writer who explores all the nuances in communities and social issues without creating caricatures or stereotypes." BOOK RIOT "[Khan] tells their story with intelligence, insight and sensitivity and effortlessly banishes...stereotypical depiction of Muslims. |
"Extremely well-populated with a rich cast of characters, A Deadly Divide explores one of the darkest issues of modern society, the conditions that make it acceptable to turn the idea of hate into destructive, senseless action." |
"Resisting easy and simple explanations for violence, Khan looks beneath the |
|