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.---------------------'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'Zehanat Khan is to be applauded for tackling such an important subject in a police procedural' - Daily Express'A powerful and haunting story' - GuardianFind 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.