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The Abbey (Ash Rashid Series Book 1) by [Chris Culver]

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SENSATION
Addictive, thrilling, exhilarating...
You won't be able to put it down.

Ash Rashid is a former homicide detective who can't stand the thought of handling another death investigation. That's until his niece's body is found in the property of one of the city's wealthiest 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 darker the case gets - and if he doesn't solve it fast, his niece won't be the only family member he has to bury...

Discover for yourself the US crime novel that became a word of mouth phenomenon. The Abbey is the beginning of a major new series, featuring one of the most fascinating detectives in the history of crime fiction.

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December 15, 2011
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What others say about the Ash Rashid series:"A riveting page-turner whose author is a worthy heir to the late Robert B. Parker." -- Kirkus Reviews on MEASURELESS NIGHT

"Ultimately, the reason to come to this book and stay is Rashid...This and future volumes should be snapped up as quickly as the author can writethem."--BookReporter.com on THE OUTSIDER

"This is a first-class cop novel [with] richly portrayed contextualdetails...the author works, with great success, to bring freshness tothe genre's conventions: the hero's greenhorn partner, the meddlesomefeds, the surly superior, the worried wife...Culver's skill makes allthis obsessively readable."--Booklist on BY ANY MEANS

"...Chris Culver hits another solid home run with this novel." - William Curnutt, Amazon reviewer discussing Measureless Night

"Awesome and the best yet. Hope more to come soon." - Amazon reviewer discussing Pocketful of God

"I couldn't put it down!" - Amazon reviewer Evon Lloyd reviewing Pocketful of God

"...if you love the Harry Bosch series (and I do), you'll certainly like AshRashid. He's flawed and human and not a "super hero." He's totallyrelatable and the stories/dialog are written with a bit of humor whichonly enhances the reality of who Ash is." - Amazon reviewer J. Davenport reviewing No Room for Good Men --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Chris Culver is the New York Times bestselling author of the AshRashid series of mysteries. After graduate school, Chris taught coursesin ethics and comparative religion at a small liberal arts university in southern Arkansas. While there and when he really should have beengrading exams, he wrote The Abbey, which spent sixteen weeks on the NewYork Times bestseller's list and introduced the world to Detective AshRashid.

Chris has been a storyteller since he was a kid, but hedecided to write crime fiction after picking up a dog-eared,coffee-stained paperback copy of Mickey Spillane's I, the Jury in alibrary book sale. Many years later, his wife, despite considerableeffort, still can't stop him from bringing more orphan books home. Thetwo of them, along with a labrador retriever named Roy, reside near St.Louis where Chris is hard at work on his next novel. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006HAPYK8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sphere (December 15, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 15, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 678 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 402 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0751549118
Lending ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #1,328,310 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #27,591 in Women Sleuths (Kindle Store)
- #28,485 in Crime Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #50,344 in Women Sleuths (Books)

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Chris has been a storyteller since he was a kid, but he decided to write crime fiction after picking up a dog-eared, coffee-stained paperback copy of Mickey Spillane’s I, the Jury in a library book sale. Many years later, his wife, despite considerable effort, still can’t stop him from bringing more orphan books home. The two of them, along with a labrador retriever named Roy, reside near St. Louis where Chris is hard at work on his next novel.

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JKitco

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2021

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The main character is pretty good. He has a wit/sarcasm in his internal dialogue that I enjoyed. I hope he is further developed in the additional books in the series. The plot was really good. I usually read “psychological thrillers” so this was on the lighter side for me - a nice change of pace. I didn’t expect the ending or the criminals’ objective and was pleased with the twist. I don’t try to figure out endings b/c it means not staying in the moment with the story. Enough information had been peppered through the story to have it fit together nicely in the end. I’ll continue the series.

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returning camper

Sort of over the top

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2020

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Lots of nice things about this book and its hero, Ash Rashid, though in the end I never felt really connected to the story. His boss orders him to get off the case and take a vacation as she considers the case closed. But Ash knows the killer is still at large and gets right back into his own personal investigation the next morning not bothering to hide his action from anyone on the force. He steps on every pair of higher-ups' toes that he can. His home is ransacked, his wife and child have to flee, yet Ash never once confides in his wife in the slightest about what happens during even his most humdrum workday. For readers who like a lot of action this is a good pick, and Ash is smart and cares about people so you can't help but root for him.

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Thomas J. Mcguire

Love Bosch? You'll Love Ash!

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2016

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Ash Rashid is to Indianapolis what Harry Bosch is to Los Angeles. He is a very competent investigator whose humanity and religion cause him to find ways over or around the walls that Chris Culver puts between Ash and his prey. Imperfect characters are always the most relatable. Ash's need for alcohol, prohibited as a Muslim, is especially telling of the impression the horrific things he has seen as a police officer. I'm currently reading the second Ash Rashid book and I'm afraid he may be becoming an alcoholic. It's especially heartbreaking in that Ash's wife is a wonderful woman who is wholly observant of the strictures of his faith. Bottom line is that Ash Rashid is a good man trying to provide for his family, trying to be an observant Muslim but who must devote all of his energies to ferretting out Indianapolis' worst criminals and bringin them to justice.
Chris Culver writes in a crisp style not unlike the late Robert B. Parker and is a master of twisting yet believeable plots. Highly reccommended.

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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2021

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I liked the book, but my prejudice against a type of so-called religion really clouded my reading. If I had realized this, I would never have selected this particular book. This book has not softened my opinion of an organization that beheads innocents, throws homosexuals from helicopters and tall buildings to their deaths and treats women as chattel. I consider this book as propaganda and it does not fly with me to recommend anyone to read this.

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Solid beginning to a series

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2016

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Ash Rashid is a police detective and law student who is barely holding his life together at the start of the book. He drinks too much, he hates his job, he doesn't seem to know how to feel better. When his teenage niece dies suddenly at her boyfriend's house, the police just seem to want to close the case as quickly as possible. But Rashid can't let it go and he delves into the weirdness underneath his niece's squeaky clean image.

Rashid is a standard cop novel protagonist in many ways, but he's also Islamic. This flavors the novel, but it doesn't drive it. It's one part of his complex character. The plot is constantly moving and although things get pretty out there at the end, it never moves into total outlandishness. This is a fascinating read, one that kept me guessing what would happen next. I look forward to continuing this series.

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Larry Hoffer

Ash Rashid is a great addition to the world of dogged yet flawed police detectives...

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2013

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Ash Rashid is a police detective in Indianapolis and a part-time law student. He used to be a homicide detective, but after being shot during an investigation, he realized that dealing with so much tragic death had taken its toll on his psyche. He's also a Muslim, albeit one who drinks a little too much (maybe a lot), can't quite concentrate on his daily prayers, and he may have bacon every now and again.

"I may not have been a very good Muslim, bu my religion called me to seek and foster justice. It's a divine edict as stringent as any command in any faith."

When his niece Rachel, an athletic high school student who seemed on the right path, is found dead of a supposed overdose, it shocks Ash and compels him to try and figure out what really happened. And when Rachel's boyfriend allegedly admits to Rachel's murder and then commits suicide out of supposed guilt, the police are convinced the case is closed. But Ash isn't, and despite roadblocks put up by his own department, he is determined to figure out what really happened to Rachel.

But when more seemingly unrelated murders begin occurring, the heat is turned up—on Ash himself. What he finds is far more complicated than he imagined, and far more dangerous to him and his family than he bargained for. Should he follow orders and drop his investigation as he has been ordered to do, and simply accept Rachel's overdose as an accident? Or should he risk his own safety and that of his family to find out the truth, even if the truth is more than he can handle? Is there anyone he can still trust?

The Abbey is the first in a series of books featuring Ash Rashid, and I really enjoyed this. Ash is one of those good guys who has more than enough flaws of his own—in addition to his drinking (which is a bit of a problem), he's a little too impulsive, and he can't seem to let things go, which isn't a bad quality to have in a police detective. He's introspective, however, but he is willing to blur the lines between right and wrong in the pursuit of the truth.

This book had a good mix of action, some suspense, some interesting twists, and strong character development. While the plot isn't necessarily surprising, it's still pretty compelling, which makes it a fairly fast read. I really like Ash's character, and I'll definitely be reading the next two books in this series. Rashid is a good addition to the world of dogged police detectives.

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Ravenswoodrob

Fantastic fast moving story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2020

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I've read the other Chris Culver books and enjoyed them, so thought I'd try the Ash Rashid one. Good choice - unusual setting and storyline, but gripping..

mrs d

Interesting!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2013

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When I first started reading I thought it was going to be good cop chasing serial killer type of book. It plunged into a world of our leading character drowning his sorrows in whiskey, bourbon, whilst trying to figure what was going on in the corrupt environment he was working in!
Storyline was good, I just expected more!!. Don't get me wrong there was towards the end, just too much about Ash, which I found depressing in parts.
Overall, good story, will give another of Chris' books a read soon!!

Mrs. Ji Hill

books

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2018

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this was purchased for a friend she enjoyed the book liked the way it was written has read the 2nd in series too

Kindle Customer

Marvellous.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2015

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I have not yet come across a Muslim detective. To show him slipping and taking a drink humanized him. I will definitely be looking for more books by this author,.

Maggy May

Great characters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2018

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So easy to read with fully thought out, believable characters and a captivating storyline, couldn’t put it down until I reached the end!

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