The Spy: The pulse-pounding new undercover thriller for fans of Robert Galbraith, Anthony Horowitz and M. W. Craven
About this ebook
'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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About the author
Ajay Chowdhury was the inaugural winner of the Harvill Secker–Bloody Scotland crime fiction award. He is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director who was born in India and now lives in London where he builds digital businesses, cooks experimental dishes for his wife and daughters and writes through the night. His children’s book, Ayesha and the Firefish, was published in 2016 and adapted into a musical.
The Waiter, published in 2021, 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. Follow-up The Cook was published in May 2022 to excellent reviews and deals with the issue of homelessness. The third book in the series – The Detective – is about government surveillance and AI. The Spy is the fourth book in the Detective Kamil Rahman series.
