A Deadly Divide

IN A TOWN FULL OF SECRETS, WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

In the aftermath of a mass shooting in a mosque, small town tensions run high. Clashes between the Muslim community and a local faction of radical white nationalists are escalating, but who would have motive and opportunity to commit such a devastating act of violence?

Detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty from Canada's Community Policing Unit are assigned to this high-profile case and tasked to ensure the extremely volatile situation doesn't worsen. But when leaked CCTV footage exposes a shocking piece of evidence, both sides of the divide are enraged.

As Khattak and Getty work through a mounting list of suspects, they realise there's far more going on in this small town than anyone first thought…

A Deadly Divide is a piercingly observed, highly topical thriller by former human rights law professor and award-winning author Ausma Zehanat Khan.

–'A perceptive and heartfelt series… Khan has used her experience as a lawyer to create a compelling story that pulls no punches, one that exposes an uncomfortable truth about the state of the world we live in' – Doug Johnstone, Big Issue

'Tells truths that non-fiction would struggle to communicate; 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' – Globe and Mail

'Issues of religion, culture, and racism take center stage in Khan's outstanding fifth novel' – Publishers Weekly

Find out where it all began – catch up on the rest of the Detective Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty series: The Unquiet Dead, The Language of Secrets, A Death in Sarajevo (a novella), Among the Ruins and No Place of Refuge.