Ajay Chowdhury

The Spy (eBook, ePUB)

The pulse-pounding new undercover thriller for fans of Robert Galbraith, Anthony Horowitz and M. W. Craven

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

ONE MISSING BOY. ONE MAN UNDERCOVER. A WHOLE NATION AT RISK.

'The plot races to a splendidly dramatic ending; Chowdhury's writing is compelling and compassionate' Guardian

'Chowdhury is brilliant at...unexpected plot twists, while highlighting the conflicts experienced by characters with a foot in more than one culture' Sunday Times

Detective Kamil Rahman is working for the Metropolitan Police when he gets the call from MI5. They've received intelligence of a terrorist plot, and it's Kamil they need.

Posing as a disaffected cop, and working back in his friend Anjoli's beloved restaurant on Brick Lane, Kamil attempts to infiltrate the cell.

But when a young boy goes missing, Kamil finds the disappearance is linked to his case. What he uncovers leads him halfway across the world to Kashmir, and face to face with an old nemesis...

From Ajay Chowdhury, the award-winning author of THE WAITER, comes the thrilling new Detective Kamil Rahman mystery that's his toughest assignment yet...

*This is the fourth in the Detective Kamil Rahman series, though each novel can be enjoyed as a stand-alone*

READERS LOVE THE SPY:

'WOW! The Spy is the perfect mix of contemporary politics, humour, action and romance'

'In Kamal and Anjoli, Ajay Chowdhury has created a modern day Holmes and Watson'

'Full of intrigue and twists and turns which gave an insight into the fight against terrorism'

Praise for the Detective Kamil Rahman series:
'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES
'Hugely entertaining' ANN CLEEVES
'Rip-roaring' ABIR MUKHERJEE

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529927641
• Artikelnr.: 68369951

Autorenporträt

Ajay Chowdhury, the inaugural winner of the Harvill Secker-Bloody Scotland prize, is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director. His children's book - Ayesha and the Firefish, was published in 2016 and adapted into a musical which premiered in San Francisco.

The Waiter (Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month), was published in 2021, and is the first in his critically-acclaimed crime series about Detective Kamil Rahman, an ex-policeman from Kolkata who has moved to Brick Lane in London. It is being adapted for television by Moonage Pictures.The Cook (Guardian Top Crime Books of the Year) was published in May 2022 to excellent reviews and deals with the issue of homelessness. The third book in the series - The Detective (Sunday Times Top Crime Books of the Year) - is about government surveillance and AI. The Spy (Longlisted Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing), the fourth book, sees Kamil infiltrate a terrorist cell. The Shadow (A Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month) is the latest book in the series.

Rezensionen

The plot races to a splendidly dramatic ending; Chowdhury's writing is compelling and compassionate, especially on the themes of displacement, and divided loyalties personal and political. The Guardian