Murder In Peshawar

by Cheryl Benard

800 pages, Paperback

Published February 24, 2000

About the author

Cheryl Benard (born in 1953) is an American-Austrian social scientist with a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna and a B.A. from the American University of Beirut. She is a novelist and an author on topics including popular sociology, refugees, women in nation-building, youth radicalization in the European Diaspora, and humanitarian aid. Before becoming an adjunct researcher with the RAND Corporation and President of ARCH International, she was the research director of a European think tank, the Boltzmann Institute of Politics and before that, she taught Political Science at the University of Vienna.
She married Zalmay Khalilzad, a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Reviews

[Ahtims · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a very different and quirky read. I got this book on an impulse at a preloved book sales via telegram by Daddication stores , Mumbai. I am a keen follower of their sales and I could thus acquire many hidden gems post covid.
The title intrigued me, and am not disappointed in the book either , though the ending could have been better
What would have been a 4 .5 to 5 star read deteriorated to 3 star towards the end.
I loved delving into the Pakistani lifestyle and customs , though I doubt the author is an authentic native
Have to read up more on her.
On the whole , I don't regret reading this.