SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN CREASEY DEBUT DAGGER AWARD 2019‘The first in a promising series’Sunday Times ’Remarkable’ Paul Finch; ‘Impressive’Daily Mail;A headmistress is found strangled in an East London school, the victim of a ritualistic act of violence. Found at the scene is a single piece of card, upon which is written an ancient Buddhist precept:I SHALL ABSTAIN FROM TAKING THE UNGIVEN.At first, DI Maya Rahman can’t help but hope this is a tragic but isolated murder. Then, the second body is...
‘INCENDIARY, TIMELY AND AUTHENTIC’ Crime Monthly‘ORIGINAL AND DISTURBING’ Sunday Times’UNDERLINES HOW FINE A WRITER NEWHAM IS’ Daily MailA tragic accident – or a ruthless killer?When a flash mob on Brick Lane is interrupted by a sudden explosion, DI Maya Rahman dashes to the scene. A fire is raging through one of the city’s most infamous streets, the site of Maya’s childhood home. And the discovery of two charred bodies in the burnt-out building transforms an arson attack into a murder case.With...
