Blood Betrayal

Written by Ausma Zehanat Khan

Narrated by Fareeda Pasha

In Blackwater Falls, Colorado, veteran police officer Harry Cooper is hot on the
heels of some local vandals when the situation turns deadly: Harry, believing one
of them has a gun, opens fire and Duante Young, a young Black man, is killed. The
“gun” in Duante’s hands was a bottle of spray paint. Meanwhile, in nearby
Denver, a drug raid goes south and a Latino teen, Mateo Ruiz, is also killed.
The Denver Police force is spread thin between the two cases, and protests on
both sides begin. Detective Inaya Rahman and her boss, Lieutenant Waqas Seif,
have their work cut out for them as they consider the guilt of the perpetrators and
their victims. Harry was, by all accounts, an officer dedicated to the communities
he served: Was this shooting truly a terrible mistake? Duante was, to some, a
street artist with no prior record, but to others, he was a vandal. Mateo was
either in the wrong place at the wrong time, or a dangerous drug dealer. In either
case, was lethal force truly necessary?
While Inaya is forced to reckon with her own prejudices and work through those
of her colleagues, she must discover the truth of what really happened on one
fateful night in Blackwater Falls. A complex and timely mystery, Blood Betrayal
proves once again that Ausma Zehanat Khan is a writer at the peak of her powers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9781705072158

Ausma Zehanat Khan

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 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 DC with her husband.