A review by frasersimons
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

5.0

This was such a pleasant surprise, despite the heavy subject matter. At the start it felt a bit shakey and underdeveloped, and I struggled with it a bit. Literally every facet of it that annoyed me to begin with became pertinent and once the case really starts coming together it became one of the most interesting crime novels I’ve read. There’s some very clever subversions with gender expectation, the case is rooted in real world events in Bosnia, and the dynamics between the characters are also great as they come to a head. But the ending really clinched this as a 5 star book for me.

Then, after the book there’s thorough notes on the events in Bosnia and how they relate to the book. Fantastic book. Very glad I picked it up. Plan on reading the rest of the series for sure.