The Outsider

Overview

Ash Rashid stands alone. A 12-year veteran of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and one of the few Muslim-Americans on the force, he's unafraid of bending the rules in the pursuit of justice. But now, Ash wants out. He's finished law school, and is aiming to become a prosecutor. The last thing he wants is to become embroiled in a new homicide investigation.

That changes, though, when he hears that the mother of one of his daughter's friends was murdered in front ...

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The Outsider

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Overview

Ash Rashid stands alone. A 12-year veteran of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and one of the few Muslim-Americans on the force, he's unafraid of bending the rules in the pursuit of justice. But now, Ash wants out. He's finished law school, and is aiming to become a prosecutor. The last thing he wants is to become embroiled in a new homicide investigation.

That changes, though, when he hears that the mother of one of his daughter's friends was murdered in front of her home-a crime that members of his department would seemingly rather ignore than investigate. Ash launches an inquiry and quickly becomes entangled in a case involving a dangerous mix of election-year politics, crime, and street justice. If Ash doesn't solve the murder soon, his hit-and-run victim may not be the only one to die...

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Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
At the start of Culver’s intricate sequel to The Abbey, Det. Ash Rashid comes home one evening to find Indianapolis crime boss Konstantin Bukoholov waiting for him in his backyard. Bukoholov offers the detective ,000 in cash to look into a hit-and-run accident earlier in the day that killed a close friend of Ash and his family, Cassandra Johnson. Ash soon learns that, although Cassandra’s body is in the morgue and her six-year-old daughter, Lisa, is in the custody of Child Services, no one in the police department has heard of Cassandra, let alone filed a homicide report. Meanwhile, Susan Mercer, Ash’s boss in the prosecutor’s office where he works part-time, needs his help in the trial of a Muslim immigrant from Iraq accused of killing a cop. Ash’s struggles to resist the temptations of alcohol, forbidden by his Muslim faith, add depth to his character.Readers will be curious to see what happens to him in his next outing. (May)
C.J. Box
"What elevates and sets THE OUTSIDER apart from so many other mystery novels out there is the intriguing Muslim-American detective Ash Rashid and the heartland Indianapolis location -- both gutsy choices. Chris Culver is a writer to watch for years to come."
Jeff Abbott
"THE OUTSIDER is a smart and compelling crime novel, and Ash Rashid is a tough yet tender-hearted hero. Chris Culver is a daring new voice in crime fiction. Highly recommended."
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781455526017
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
  • Publication date: 5/7/2013
  • Pages: 378
  • Product dimensions: 5.20 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Chris Culver is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ash Rashid series of mysteries. After graduate school, Chris taught courses in ethics and comparative religion at a small liberal arts university in southern Arkansas. Between classes, he wrote The Abbey, which spent sixteen weeks on the New York Times ebook bestseller list. He, his wife, and their Labrador retriever currently live near St. Louis, Missouri, where Chris is working on his next novel.
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