Book Review: ‘Almost Surely Dead’ is a smart supernatural thriller for a stormy night
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Book Review: ‘Almost Surely Dead’ is a smart supernatural thriller for a stormy night

Associated Press  

Dunia Ahmed disappeared over a year ago. In her third novel, “Almost Surely Dead,” Amina Akhtar departs from trends and fashion to sink deep into a missing-person mystery with humorous cynicism and an increasingly creepy edge. In these chapters, we see young Dunia’s beloved father telling her ghost stories on the sly, teaching her the pieces of her Desi culture that her mother would rather they sweep under the rug: jinns stealing princesses and grotesque churail. Dunia’s also a perceptive kid; she hears the whispers and knows her aunt was also deemed “pagal” — mentally ill, locked up somewhere back in Pakistan. “Almost Surely Dead” is the perfect psychological thriller for a dark and stormy night or a rainy day alone on the couch.

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