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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2015
  • Latest Book:
    November 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Detective Inaya Rahman

1 - Blackwater Falls (Nov-2022)
2 - Blood Betrayal (Nov-2023)

Khorasan Archives

1 - The Bloodprint (Oct-2017)
2 - The Black Khan (Oct-2018)
3 - The Blue Eye (Oct-2019)
4 - The Bladebone (Oct-2020)

Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak

1 - The Unquiet Dead (Jan-2015)
2 - The Language of Secrets (Feb-2016)
2.5 - A Death in Sarajevo (Jan-2017)
3 - Among the Ruins (Feb-2017)
4 - A Dangerous Crossing (Feb-2018)
5 - A Deadly Divide (Feb-2019)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • Despite their many differences, Detective Rachel Getty trusts her boss, Esa Khattak, implicitly. But she's still uneasy at Khattak's tight-lipped secrecy when he asks her to look into Christopher Drayton's death. Drayton's apparently accidental fall ...



  • Detective Esa Khattak heads up Canada's Community Policing Section, which handles minority-sensitive cases across all levels of law enforcement. Khattak is still under scrutiny for his last case, so he's surprised when INSET, Canada's national securi...



  • Detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty are asked to help unlock the secrets of a woman killed during the Bosnian war in this captivating story from acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan. An old friend from Esa’s past has reappeared in his life, r...



  • 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 shor...



  • The author of the acclaimed mystery The Unquiet Dead delivers her first fantasy novel -- the opening installment in a thrilling quartet -- a tale of religion, oppression, and political intrigue that radiates with heroism, wonder, and hope. A dark ...



  • For Inspector Esa Khattak and Sergeant Rachel Getty, the Syrian refugee crisis is about to become personal. Esa’s childhood friend, Nathan Clare, calls him in distress: his sister, Audrey, has vanished from a Greek island where the siblings run an ...



  • The second novel in Ausma Zehanat Khan’s powerful epic fantasy quartet, a series that lies "somewhere between N. K. Jemisin and George R. R. Martin" (Saladin Ahmed), in which a powerful band of women must use their magic to defeat an oppressive dar...



  • From the critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, A DEADLY DIVIDE is the devastatingly powerful new thriller featuring beloved series detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty. In the aftermath of a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec, the lo...



  • A band of powerful warrior women continues its resistance against an oppressive dark regime in this penultimate installment in the Khorasan Archives fantasy quartet The Companions of Hira have used their cunning and their magic in the battle again...






  • A powerful band of women warriors must face off against an oppressive enemy in one final showdown that will determine their survival and the fate of their world in this concluding volume in Ausma Zehanat Khan's powerful fantasy series -- an epic ...



  • From critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, Blackwater Falls is the first in a timely and powerful crime series, introducing Detective Inaya Rahman.“A gripping and compulsive mystery, but much more than that: an exploration of faith, preju...



  • A complex and timely mystery, Blood Betrayal proves once again that Ausma Zehanat Khan is a writer at the peak of her powers.“Inaya is a fabulous character." -- New York Times Book Review, "Editor's Choice" on Blackwater FallsIn Blackwater Falls, C...


Award-Winning Books by Ausma Zehanat Khan

The Unquiet Dead
2015 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- First Mystery


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ausma Zehanat Khan has published 12 books.

Ausma Zehanat Khan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Blood Betrayal, was published in November 2023.

The first book by Ausma Zehanat Khan, The Unquiet Dead, was published in January 2015.

Yes. Ausma Zehanat Khan has 3 series.