The Detective
The addictive, edge-of-your-seat mystery and Sunday Times crime book of the year
$22.15
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
21 May 2024
Summary
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.
Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month
‘A rip-roaring mystery that’s engrossing from start to finish’ ABIR MUKHERJEE
A BRUTAL KILLING HAS UNCOVERED A COLD CASE. HAS SOMEONE GOT AWAY WITH MURDER?
On the verge of a four-billion-dollar deal, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529919615 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529919614 |
| Author: | Ajay Chowdhury |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 21 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 291g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Ajay Chowdhury’s crime novels set in the East End are vivid portraits of modern life. * Sunday Times, Best Books of the Year *
An entertaining story that ranges across love, murder and an intriguing family tree * Sun *
A rip-roaring mystery that’s engrossing from start to finish * Abir Mukherjee *
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 *
Outstanding * Sunday Times *
[An] enthralling new novel… Chowdhury’s dazzlingly clever plot brings together the East End’s history and its present incarnation as home to some of the country’s most innovative technology * Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month *
Dazzlingly clever plot * Sunday Times *
A rip roaring crime novel * The New Zealand Listener *
About The Author
Ajay Chowdhury
Ajay Chowdhury is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director. He is the inaugural winner of the Harvill Secker-Bloody Scotland prize.
His children’s book, Ayesha and the Firefish, was published in 2016 and adapted into a musical that premiered in San Francisco.
The Waiter (Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month) was published in 2021 and is the first in his critically-acclaimed crime series about Detective Kamil Rahman. The series follows Rahman, an ex-policeman from Kolkata who has moved to Brick Lane in London. The Waiter is being adapted for television by Moonage Pictures. The Patriot is the latest book in the series.
Eden Falls, his first standalone thriller, was published in July 2026.
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