Khan holds a Ph.D. in International Human Rights Law with a research specialization in military intervention and war crimes in the Balkans.
It's a sound police procedural, a somber study of loss and redemption and, most of all, a grim effort to make sure that crimes against humanity are not forgotten.
"[4] Kirkus Reviews wrote: "Khan's stunning debut is a poignant, elegantly written mystery laced with complex characters who force readers to join them in dealing with ugly truths."
In 2020, Khan's nonfiction essay "Origins and Destinations" was published by Seal Press in the crime fiction writers' anthology, Private Investigations (ed.
In a 2018 interview with Nick Douglas, published in Life Hacker magazine, Khan described how she devoted more time to her writing as a novelist when she and her husband began moving more often, and it didn't seem worthwhile to get the qualification to practice law in a short-term home.