When Ali agrees to an arranged marriage with the daughter of a powerful New York real estate tycoon in A Killer in the Family by Amin Ahmad, he expects privilege, stability, and a glamorous life among the elite—but not the creeping suspicion that someone in his new family might be a serial killer.
This sweeping drama follows Ali, a charming but somewhat naïve Mumbai party boy who decides it’s finally time to grow up. His arranged marriage to Maryam, the poised daughter of real estate mogul Abbas Khan, brings him into a world of unimaginable wealth in New York City: private helicopters, glittering skyscrapers, and lavish weekends in the Hamptons. At first, Ali seems to have landed in a dream version of the American immigrant success story. But as rumors begin to swirl about Abbas Khan—whispers of corruption, secret affairs, and something darker beneath the family’s rise—Ali starts to realize that joining the Khans may have come with a cost he never anticipated.
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