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  • Published: 21 May 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529919615
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

The Detective



The third novel in the Detective Kamil Rahman Mystery series, THE DETECTIVE follows Kamil on his first case for the Met Police, while his former boss and restaurant manager, Anjoli tries to solve a century-old murder.

*Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month*

'A rip-roaring mystery that's engrossing from start to finish' ABIR MUKHERJEE


A BRUTAL KILLING HAS UNCOVERED A COLD CASE. HAS SOMEONE GOT AWAY WITH MURDER?

On the verge of a four-billion-dollar deal, a tech entrepreneur from Shoreditch is found dead in a construction site, which leads to the discovery of three skeletons over a hundred years old.

But as fresh bodies turn up, can Detective Kamil - along with his friend Anjoli - prevent another murder?

Desperate to solve his first case for the Met, will Kamil put his reputation on the line... then cross it?

  • Published: 21 May 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529919615
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Ajay Chowdhury

Ajay Chowdhury is the winner of the inaugural Harvill Secker and Bloody Scotland competition. He is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director who lived the first third of his life in India and then moved to London, where he cooks experimental meals for his wife and daughters. His first children’s book, Ayesha and the Firefish, was published in 2016 and The Waiter is his debut crime thriller.

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