Uzma Jalaluddin: Detective Aunty
Kausar Khan #1
This is the first mystery for writer Uzma Jalaluddin, though she’s already had a successful writing career creating women’s fiction. Her detective, a recent widow named Kausar Khan, lives in North Bay, Canada. One morning she gets a call from her daughter Sana, back in Toronto, telling her there’s been a murder and she’s the prime suspect. Then she hangs up. Kausar, who hasn’t been back to Toronto since the death of her son many years ago, nevertheless hurriedly packs a bag and jumps on a plane.