Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty Mystery series

The Language of Secrets: An Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty Mystery
Ausma Zehanat Khan


Paperback (B-format paperback UK (198x129mm)) | Oct 2018 | No Exit Press | 9780857301444 | 320pp | 198x129mm | GEN | AUD$14.99, NZD$18.99

An undercover informant has been murdered...but whose side was he on?

TORONTO: A local terrorist cell is planning an attack on New Year's Day. For months, Mohsin Dar has been undercover, feeding information back to Canada's national security team. Now he's dead.

Detective Esa Khattak, compromised by his friendship with the murdered agent, sends his partner Rachel Getty into the unsuspecting cell. As Rachel delves deeper into the unfamiliar world of Islam and the group's circle of trust, she discovers Mohsin's murder may not be politically motivated after all. Now she's the only one who can stop the most devastating attack the country has ever faced.

'Thought-provoking, intelligent plot.' — Daily Mail

'The Language of Secrets is as much an examination of the complicated social, political and religious aspects of the war against terrorism as it is a crime procedural.' — Washington Post

'A powerful and haunting story.' — Guardian

'Khan is to be applauded for tackling such an important subject in a police procedural.' — Daily Express

'There's much to admire in this well-plotted Canadian debut.' — Sunday Times Crime Club

​'Has the sort of writing that will move a reader, haunt them and undoubtedly keep them hooked until the very final word!' — The Quiet Knitter