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    Blood Betrayal
    Blackwater Falls
    Audiobook series2 titles

    Detective Inaya Rahman Series

    Written by Ausma Zehanat Khan

    Narrated by Fareeda Pasha

    4/5

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    About this series

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 8, 2022
    Blood Betrayal
    Blackwater Falls

    Titles in the series (2)

    • 1

      Blackwater Falls
      Blackwater Falls

      Blackwater Falls

      Ausma Zehanat Khan
      4/5 - 8 ratings
      4/5 - 8 ratings

      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 are largely disregarded. 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 deliberately positioned in a mosque. Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Seif of the Denver Police are recruited to solve Razan’s murder, and they 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 girl disappears. A gripping thriller from one of the genre’s finest writers, Blackwater Fallsexamines a series of crimes within the context of contemporary American politics with searing insight.

      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 are largely disregarded. 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 deliberately positioned in a mosque. Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Seif of the Denver Police are recruited to solve Razan’s murder, and they 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 girl disappears. A gripping thriller from one of the genre’s finest writers, Blackwater Fallsexamines a series of crimes within the context of contemporary American politics with searing insight.

    • 2

      Blood Betrayal
      Blood Betrayal

      Blood Betrayal

      Ausma Zehanat Khan
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      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.

      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.

    Author

    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.

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