First sentence:
"Every soul shall taste death"
Description:
"After her husband’s unexpected death eighteen months ago, Kausar Khan never thought she’d receive another phone call as heartbreaking—until her thirty-something daughter, Sana, phones to say that she’s been arrested for killing the unpopular landlord of her clothing boutique. Determined to help her child, Kausar heads to Toronto for the first time in nearly twenty years.
Returning to the Golden Crescent suburb where she raised her children and where her daughter still lives, Kausar finds that the thriving neighborhood she remembered has changed. The murder of Sana’s landlord is only the latest in a wave of local crimes which have gone unsolved.
And the facts of the case are troubling: Sana found the man dead in her shop at a suspiciously early hour, with a dagger from her windowfront display plunged in his chest. And Kausar—a woman with a keen sense of observation and deep wisdom honed by her years—senses there’s more to the story than her daughter is telling.
With the help of some old friends and her plucky teenage granddaughter, this unlikely woman sleuth digs into the investigation to uncover the truth. Because who better to pry answers from unwilling suspects than a meddlesome aunty? But as this clever amateur sleuth digs deeper, even Kausar can’t predict the secrets, lies, and betrayals she finds along the way." -- from the back cover
My thoughts:
I liked this first book in the Kausar Khan Investigates series. Kausar not only figures out what is going on and helps her daughter Sana, but she also learns about herself. I look forward to reading the next book, Moonlight Murder.
Date read: 7/26/2026
Series: Kausar Khan Investigates, #1
Genre: Mystery
Rating: 4*/5
ISBN-10: 0063434873
ISBN-13: 9780063434875
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2025
# of pages: 324
Binding: Trade Paperback
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