Among the Ruins (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, #3)

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On leave from Canada s Community Policing department, Esa Khattak is traveling in Iran, reconnecting with his cultural heritage and seeking peace in the country s beautiful mosques and gardens But Khattak s supposed break from work is cut short when he s approached by a Canadian government agent in Iran, asking him to look into the death of renowned Canadian Iranian filmmaker Zahra Sobhani Zahra was murdered at Iran s notorious Evin prison, where she d been seeking the release of a well known political prisoner Khattak quickly finds himself embroiled in Iran s tumultuous politics and under surveillance by the regime, but when the trail leads back to Zahra s family in Canada, Khattak calls on his partner, Detective Rachel Getty, for help.Rachel uncovers a conspiracy linked to the Shah of Iran and the decades old murders of a group of Iran s most famous dissidents Historic letters, a connection to the Royal Ontario Museum, and a smuggling operation on the Caspian Sea are just some of the threads Rachel and Khattak begin unraveling, while the list of suspects stretches from Tehran to Toronto But as Khattak gets caught up in the fate of Iran s political prisoners, Rachel sees through to the heart of the matter Zahra s murder may not have been a political crime at all. Best Read Kindle ePUB Among the Ruins (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, #3) By Ausma Zehanat Khan – kino-fada.fr 3.5 Esa Khattek, a police officer in Canada, on leave due to a death in his last case, travels to Iran to reconnect with his Muslim roots While there he will become embroiled in the tortuous death at the notorious Evin prison of a Canadian Iranian filmmaker I find this series fascinating, learning about a culture I know little about and a country I will never visit The many different sides to Iran, from the beautiful mosques, ancient artifacts and beautiful setting, against the corrupt and de 3.5 Esa Khattek, a police officer in Canada, on leave due to a death in his last case, travels to Iran to reconnect with his Muslim roots While there he will become embroiled in the tortuous death at the notorious Evin prison of a Canadian Iranian filmmaker I find this series fascinating, learning about a culture I know little about and a country I will never visit The many differe...3.5 stars Among the Ruins combines two of the ingredients I love in fiction it s both set in a very familiar setting and took me to a different part of the world This is the third in Khan s Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak series Esa has traveled to Iran while on leave from his work with the Toronto police While in Iran, Esa quickly becomes embroiled in trying to figure out why a Canadian film maker recently died in Iran Back in Toronto, Rachel helps Esa with his investigation This set up al 3.5 stars Among the Ruins combines two of the ingredients I love in fiction it s both set in a very familiar setting and took me to a different part of the world This is the third in Khan s Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak series Esa has traveled to Iran while on leave from his work with the Toronto police While in Iran, Esa quickly becomes embroiled in trying to figure o...Esa Khattak is in Iran, on a personal trip, a vacation of sorts, visiting historical and religious sites important to him and his Muslim heritage He entered the country not as the Canadian policeman he is but as aacceptable, to the Iranian government, Pakistani, the country of his parents Now he is in the midst of unanticipated problems, dealing with a repressive state, the apparent murder of a Canadian woman from Iran, and mysteries dating back to the last Shah This is a fascinating se Esa Khattak is in Iran, on a personal trip, a vacation of sorts, visiting historical and religious sites important to him and his Muslim heritage He entered the country not as the Canadian policeman he is but as aacceptable, to the Iranian government, Pakistani, the country of his parents Now he is in the midst of unanticipated problems, dealing with a repressive state, the ap...For me the true test of any book is if you cannot stop thinking about it and its characters once you have finished reading it and did the book affect you profoundly in some manner Among the Ruins is a resounding yes to both On leave from his normal duties with Canadian Community Policing, Esa Khattuck travels to Iran for peace and quiet and to learnabout his heritage While there he is approached by a Canadian agent and is enlisted to help solve an international problem Through this, w For me the true test of any book is if y...I absolutely love this series The third in the series, this novel once again features Toronto Police Investigator Asa Khattak He is in Iran, as a tourist, when he receives a request from a Candian government agent in Iran to investigate the death in prison of a prominent Canadian Iranian film maker As he gets deeper and deeper into the investigation, he calls upon his sidekick from Canada, Rachel Getty to help him from Canada and eventually in Iran Rachel and Esa uncover a huge conspiracy wi I absolutely love this series The third in the s...This is the third book in the series featuring a Muslim Canadian police officer, Esa Khattak, and his partner, Rachel Getty.Esa is vacationing in Iran when he is approached by a Canadian agent and a group of dissidents who ask him to look into the government sanctioned torture and killing of an Iranian Canadian filmmaker, Zahra Sobhani Among the questions he must ask is why she would have risked returning to Iran after making a film critical of Iran s human rights record Esa quietly investigat This is the third book in the series featuring a Muslim Canadian police officer, Esa Khattak, and his partner, Rachel Getty.Esa is vacationing in Iran when he is approached by a Canadian agent and a group of dissidents who ask him to look into the government sanctioned torture and killing of an Iranian Canadian filmmaker, Zahra Sobhani Among the questions he must ask is why she would have risked returning to Iran after making a film critical of Iran s human rights record Esa quietly investigates in Iran while trying to avoid the attention of government han...The third addition to Khan s Rachel Getty Esa Khattak series picks up shortly after the events of book two After the tragic end of book two, Esa is on leave and is recouping by traveling to Iran, a place that has held long fascination with him While abroad, Esa finds himself embroiled in a dangerous myster...I really wanted to love this mystery, but the author mostly confused me and or bored me with details of Iranian history, culture, and minutiae I kept thinking Just tell the storyi think this is the first time with any series save for perhapsElena Ferrante , where i have given 4 stars for the first 3 books ferrante and khan are very different writers, doing very different things so that s not a comparison of them just for how strong khan s series is does that make sense book 3 takes us away from toronto, to iran the change of location didn t actually diminish the khattak getty partnership at all and, in fact, allowed them each to develop a bit , as well i think this is the first time with any series save for perhapsElena Ferrante , where i have given 4 stars for the first 3 books ferrante and khan are very different writers, doing very different things so that s not a comparison of them just for how strong khan s series is does that make sense book 3 takes us away from toronto, to iran the change of location didn t actually diminish the khattak getty partnership at all and, in fact, allowed them each to develop a bit , as well as allow a bit of time and development to a few of the recurring toronto based secondary characters too as with the previous books, khan does a great job incorporating history, struggles, and devastations this time focused on political unrest in iran, and the evils of evin prison, located in tehran, which is a particularly cruel and deadly place for political prisoners.khan does a wonderful job heightening...All the feels A few miles from where he took tea in a courtyard, screams sounded against the walls of a prison, darkening the skies A graveyard scarred the hills, witness to the truth Khattak knew of no way to measure these realities, or to grapple with their contrasts He felt an unbearable pity for spoiler , even as he felt the weight of judgment This is what Ausma Zehanat Khan does so beautifully She provides a detailed juxtaposition of unspeakable evil and cruelty against a backdrop o All the feels A few miles from where he took tea in a courtyard, screams sounded against the walls of a prison, darkening the skies A graveyard scarred the hills, witness to the truth Khattak knew of no way to measure these realities, or to grapple with their contrasts He felt an unbearable pity for spoiler , even as he felt the weight of judgment This is what Ausma Zehanat Khan does so beautifully She provides a detailed juxtaposition of unspeakable evil and cruelty against a backdrop of peace and beauty The reader is left feeling the same pity and weight of judgement that Khattak feels The mystery is solid, with twists that I did not anticipate, and a believable ending Another thing that I appreciate so much is AZK s ability to present 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Among the Ruins (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, #3)
  • English
  • 09 August 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 368 pages
  • 1250096731
  • Ausma Zehanat Khan
  • Among the Ruins (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, #3)