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For Inspector Esa Khattak and Sergeant Rachel Getty, the Syrian refugee crisis is about to become personal. Esa's childhood friend, Nathan Clare, calls him in distress: his sister, Audrey, has vanished from a Greek island where the siblings run an NGO. Audrey had been working to fast-track refugees to Canada, but now, she is implicated in the double-murder of a French Interpol agent and a young man who had fled the devastation in Syria. Esa and Rachel arrive in Greece to a shocking scene, witnessing for themselves the massive fallout of the Syrian war in the wretched refugee camps. Tracing Audrey's last movements, they meet some of the volunteers and refugees - one of whom, Ali, is involved in a search of his own, for a girl whose disappearance may be connected to their investigation. The arrival of Sehr Ghilzai - a former prosecutor who now handles refugee claims for Audrey's NGO - further complicates the matter for Esa, as his feelings towards her remain unresolved. Working against time, with Interpol at their heels, Esa and Rachel follow a trail that takes them from the beaches of Greece, to the Turkish-Syrian border, and across Europe, reaching even the corridors of power in the Netherlands. Had Audrey been on the edge of a dangerous discovery, hidden at the heart of this darkest of crises - one which ultimately put a target on her own back?

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'Excellent ... Khan demonstrates a superior ability to inject moving portrayals of the individual faces of an ongoing humanitarian crisis into a suspenseful story line.' -- Publishers Weekly (starred) 'A complex global thriller lifted to bar-raising heights by Khan's thoughtful (and timely) exploration of the tragedies and dangers that refugees face.' -- Booklist (starred) 'A timely novel ... This one is a superior topical nail-biter.' -- The Globe and Mail

'Excellent ... Khan demonstrates a superior ability to inject moving portrayals of the individual faces of an ongoing humanitarian crisis into a suspenseful story line.' -- Publishers Weekly, starred 'A complex global thriller lifted to bar-raising heights by Khan's thoughtful (and timely) exploration of the tragedies and dangers that refugees face.' -- Booklist, starred 'A timely novel ... This one is a superior topical nail-biter.' -- The Globe and Mail

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AUSMA ZEHANAT KHAN holds a Ph.D. in International Human Rights Law and is a former adjunct law professor. She was Editor-in-Chief of Muslim Girl magazine, the first magazine targeted to young Muslim women. A British-born Canadian, Khan now lives in Colorado with her husband. The Language of Secrets is her second novel. Peter Ganim is an American of Lebanese, Slovak and Syrian descent. He is a stage, television and film actor, as well as director, writer, teacher and filmmaker. He also does voiceovers. A lot of them. He began in front of the microphone in 1994 with corporate and incentive travel narration. He is accredited and certified by a number of organisations with cool acronyms, like AFTRA, SAG, the APA and SaVoa.

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