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'A slick, masterfully plotted, white-knuckle ride of a read, packed with action, intrigue and well-drawn characters' A.A. CHAUDHURI

'Brilliant' GREG MOSSE

'Gripping ... always intriguing' PAUL WATERS

A ritual killing. An ancient curse. What's myth... and what's murder?


After a bruising encounter with a terrorist group, Detective Kamil Rahman has decided to hand in his resignation to the Met and set up a detective agency with his friend Anjoli. But when his boss asks him to go to India to investigate the murder of a British engineer who was found with eighteen arrows stuck in his body, Kamil agrees to take the case, as long as Anjoli can accompany him.

When they arrive in Mumbai, they find someone is on a gruesome killing spree, striking down those connected to the engineer in increasingly macabre ways. Meanwhile, an old friend of Kamil's gets in touch to beg for his help: he believes his family are cursed, and that he is going to die on his 47th birthday, just like his father and grandfather before him.

As the body count rises, Kamil is torn between solving a very real murder case and protecting his friend from a grisly - if far-fetched - fate. Can he catch a killer and prevent an ancient curse before more people lose their lives?

Praise for the Detective Kamil Rahman novels:

'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES

'Hugely entertaining' ANN CLEEVES

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


READERS LOVE KAMIL AND ANJOLI:

'Keeps getting better and better'

'In Kamil and Anjoli, Ajay Chowdhury has created a modern day Holmes and Watson'

'Full of intrigue and twists and turns'

The Shadow

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      Publisher: Random House
      Publication Date: 1/13/2025
      ISBN13: 9781787304048, 978-1787304048
      ISBN10: 1787304043

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'A slick, masterfully plotted, white-knuckle ride of a read, packed with action, intrigue and well-drawn characters' A.A. CHAUDHURI

      'Brilliant' GREG MOSSE

      'Gripping ... always intriguing' PAUL WATERS

      A ritual killing. An ancient curse. What's myth... and what's murder?


      After a bruising encounter with a terrorist group, Detective Kamil Rahman has decided to hand in his resignation to the Met and set up a detective agency with his friend Anjoli. But when his boss asks him to go to India to investigate the murder of a British engineer who was found with eighteen arrows stuck in his body, Kamil agrees to take the case, as long as Anjoli can accompany him.

      When they arrive in Mumbai, they find someone is on a gruesome killing spree, striking down those connected to the engineer in increasingly macabre ways. Meanwhile, an old friend of Kamil's gets in touch to beg for his help: he believes his family are cursed, and that he is going to die on his 47th birthday, just like his father and grandfather before him.

      As the body count rises, Kamil is torn between solving a very real murder case and protecting his friend from a grisly - if far-fetched - fate. Can he catch a killer and prevent an ancient curse before more people lose their lives?

      Praise for the Detective Kamil Rahman novels:

      'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES

      'Hugely entertaining' ANN CLEEVES

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


      READERS LOVE KAMIL AND ANJOLI:

      'Keeps getting better and better'

      'In Kamil and Anjoli, Ajay Chowdhury has created a modern day Holmes and Watson'

      'Full of intrigue and twists and turns'

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