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Title details for Blood Betrayal by Ausma Zehanat Khan - Available

Blood Betrayal

#2 in series

by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Fareeda Pasha
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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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Blackwater Falls

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 7, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781705072141
      • File size: 297346 KB
      • Duration: 10:19:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from September 25, 2023
      Khan follows up 2022’s Blackwater Falls with another excellent mystery focused on police violence, bias, and corruption in Colorado. Blackwater Falls cop Harry Cooper is chasing vandals one night when he encounters Black graffiti artist Duante Young and thinks the young man pulls a gun on him. Harry shoots Duante dead, only to discover that the object in his hand was a spray paint can. Det. Inaya Rahman and her Community Response Unit, which handles cases involving police accountability and vulnerable populations, are called in. The same night, a young Hispanic man named Mateo Ruiz is fatally shot during a drug raid in nearby Denver. The most likely shooter is patrolman Kelly Broda, the son of the man who spearheaded a violent attack on Inaya when both were police officers in Chicago. Racial tensions roil the metro area as Inaya, activist attorney Areesha Adams, and criminal psychologist Catalina Hernandez discover that someone lined up a row of garbage cans to corner Young in the cul-de-sac where he was shot. Meanwhile, Ruiz’s killing appears linked to a cadre of white supremacists within the Denver police force. Richly drawn characters and nuanced depictions of contemporary policing make this a winner. Readers will be eager to hear more from Inaya soon.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Fareeda Pasha skillfully narrates the second book in the Blackwater Falls series, featuring Detective Inaya Rahman and her boss/love interest, Lieutenant Waqas Seif. Both are from the Community Response Team. This time they are investigating two separate shootings of young men of color by two separate white police officers. Pasha captures the Colorado community's despair and rage at the grave injustice of the shootings while also conveying the agony and incredulity of the police officers involved. The victims' mothers' heartbreak will pierce listeners' souls as the community comes together to protect its own. As before, Rahman and Seif will have to navigate the narrow spaces between being officers and being people of color with swift and deft feet and fearless hearts. L.M.G. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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