East of Hounslow (Jay Qasim, Book 1)

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Meet Jay.
Small-time dealer.
Accidental jihadist.
The one man who can save us all
Javid call him Jay is a dope dealer living in West London. He goes to mosque on Friday, and hes just bought his pride and joy a BMW. He lives with his mum, and life seems sweet.

But his world is about to turn upside-down. Because MI5 have been watching him, and they think hes just the man they need for a delicate mission.

One things for sure: now hes a long way East of Hounslow, Jays life will never be the same again.

With the edgy humour of Four Lions and the pulse-racing tension of Nomad, East of Hounslow is the first in a series of thriller starring Jay Qasim.

Reviews

Educated me about some of the most urgent issues of our time while making me repeatedly snort with laughter. Telegraph

Combining humour and tragedy is one of the hardest literary challenges, but Khurrum Rahman succeeds. TLS

Told with striking panache. Announces the arrival of a fine, fresh new thriller writer Daily Mail

A very funny but tense thrillerThink Four Lions meets Phone Shop Red

As much a coming-of-age story as a full-on action thriller, East of Hounslow is thought-provoking and entirely gripping. Guardian

Sweary, funny and, above all, an absolutely cracking thriller that youll tear through, this is the anti-James Bond that the 21st century needs Emerald Street

'East of Hounslow, in which a young Muslim finds himself forced to become an MI5 plant in a group of jihadists, is as British as Nelsons Colum. A superb and exciting debut novel' Telegraph

Clipped dialogues, staccato sentences and the hilariously brilliant prose set the pace of this excellent unputdownable crime thriller. The climax will leave you breathless. New Indian Express

A brilliant thriller. Youd be mad not to buy this.
Ben Aaronovitch, author of Rivers of London

Excellent book. Phenomenal writing. BA Paris, author of Behind Closed Doors

I loved it. More please Mel McGrath, author of Give Me the Child

Builds to a heart-constricting climax Times Crime Club

The best thriller Ive read in ages Stephen Leather

Author Bio

Born in Karachi, Pakistan in 1975 Khurrum moved to England when he was one. He is a west London boy and now lives in Wraysbury with his wife and two sons.Khurrum is currently working as a Senior IT Officer but his real love is writing. He has a screenplay which has been optioned by a Danish TV producer but is now concentrating on novels. This is his debut novel.