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    "title": "Detective aunty",
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    "collection_title": "Kausar Khan Investigates",
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    "description": "When her grown daughter is suspected of murder, a charming and tenacious widow digs into the case to unmask the real killer in this twisty, page-turning whodunnit\u2014the first book in a cozy new detective series from the acclaimed author of Ayesha at Last.\n\nAfter her husband\u2019s unexpected death eighteen months ago, Kausar Khan never thought she\u2019d receive another phone call as heartbreaking\u2014until her thirty-something daughter, Sana, phones to say that she's been arrested for killing the unpopular landlord of her clothing boutique. Determined to help her child, Kausar heads to Toronto for the first time in nearly twenty years.\n\nReturning to the Golden Crescent suburb where she raised her children and where her daughter still lives, Kausar finds that the thriving neighborhood she remembered has changed. The murder of Sana\u2019s landlord is only the latest in a wave of local crimes that have gone unsolved.\n\nAnd the facts of the case are Sana found the man dead in her shop at a suspiciously early hour, with a dagger from her windowfront display plunged in his chest. And Kausar\u2014a woman with a keen sense of observation and deep wisdom honed by her years\u2014senses there\u2019s more to the story than her daughter is telling.\n\nWith the help of some old friends and her plucky teenage granddaughter, Kausar digs into the investigation to uncover the truth. Because who better to pry answers from unwilling suspects than a meddlesome aunty? But even Kausar can\u2019t predict the secrets, lies, and betrayals she finds along the way\u2026",
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