Imagine a Muslim “Dirty Harry” and you’ve got Ash Rashid, a homicide detective who’s fed up with investigating stiffs as he counts the days to his retirement … until his niece’s body is found in the guest home of one of the city’s most wealthy citizens. The coroner calls it an overdose, but it doesn’t add up … in Chris Culver’s The Abbey – just 99 Cents on Kindle!

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Here’s the set-up:

Ash Rashid is a former homicide detective who can’t stand the thought of handling another death investigation. In another year, he’ll be out of the department completely.

That’s the plan, at least, until his niece’s body is found in the guest home of one of his city’s most wealthy citizens. The coroner calls it an overdose, but the case doesn’t add up.

Against orders, Ash launches an investigation to find his niece’s murderer.  But the longer he searches, the more entangled he becomes in a case that hits increasingly close to home. If he doesn’t solve it fast, his niece won’t be the only family member he has to bury.

From a reviewer:

Ash is a Muslim version Dirty Harry! Chris Culver weaves the detective’s religion into the story in such a manner that displays Ash as a spiritual man, but a bad boy cop at the same time. As a Christian, I found myself chuckling at the way that Ash recognizes his duty to his religion but does what the ‘flesh’ tells him is necessary to seek justice; he does it without apology. No turning the other cheek here! Hooray for Ash and Chris Culver in this amazingly fresh look at crime fighting.

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