The Detective: The addictive NEW edge-of-your-seat Detective Kamil Rahman Mystery

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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. From Ajay Chowdhury, the award-winning author of THE WAITER, comes the thrilling new Kamil Rahman mystery 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 ___________________________ Praise for the Detective Rahman series- 'A rip-roaring mystery that's engrossing from start to finish' - ABIR MUKHERJEE 'This detective waiter has all the ingredients for a great crime series' - SUN ' Kamil is a likeable inspector . . . We shall hear much more of him' - DAILY MAIL 'An elegantly constructed thriller' - THE TIMES 'Hugely entertaining' - ANN CLEEVES 'An outstanding debut' - SUNDAY TIMES

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Hugely entertaining * Ann Cleeves *
An entertaining story that ranges across love, murder and an intriguing family tree * Sun *
Chowdhury brings his own expertise in modern tech to the plot, combining it with hot button history, and a biting wit. The series goes from strength to strength * Vaseem Khan *
[Kamil is a] likeable inspector . . . We shall hear much more of him * Daily Mail *
An elegantly constructed thriller * The Times *

Author Bio

Ajay Chowdhury is 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 warm, funny and spicy adult crime series about Kamil Rahman, an ex-policeman from Calcutta who has moved to Brick Lane in London. It has been optioned for television by Moonage Pictures. Follow up, The Cook, was published in May 2022 to critical acclaim and deals with the issue of homelessness. The third book on the series - The Detective - is about government surveillance and will be published in April 2023.