The Spy
$23.64
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2025
Summary
The fourth instalment of the Kamil Rahman murder mystery series, THE SPY sees Kamil and his amateur-sleuth restaurant manager partner, Anjoli thrown into the midst of a terrorist plot.
ONE BOY MISSING. ONE MAN UNDERCOVER. A WHOLE NATION AT RISK.
Detective Kamil Rahman is working for the Met Police when he gets the call from MI5. They’ve received intelligence of a terrorist plot, and it’s Kamil they need.
Posing as a disaffected cop, and working back in his friend Anjol…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529931730 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529931738 |
| Author: | Ajay Chowdhury |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 27mm |
| Series: | Detective Kamil Rahman |
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Critics Review
The plot races to a splendidly dramatic ending; Chowdhury’s writing is compelling and compassionate, especially on the themes of displacement, and divided loyalties personal and political. * The Guardian *
Chowdhury is brilliant at incidental detail and unexpected plot twists, while highlighting the conflicts experienced by characters with a foot in more than one culture * Sunday Times *
Ever since I discovered Ajay Chowdhury’s wonderful Kamil Rahman detective novels, they have offered a feast of great stories, vivid characters, mouth-watering food and fascinating insight into the world of Bengali Muslims in London’s Brick Lane. I love his mix of humane feeling, romantic comedy and very modern plotting. THE SPY is his fourth and most ambitious, tackling trans-continental crime,.and pitting his engagingly modest, emotionally confused and very brave hero against the worst villain yet. He is a pleasure to read. * Amanda Craig *
Nobody writes about modern London like Ajay Chowdhury. This book rings with passion for the city’s life, its food, its politics - and above all - its darkness. * William Shaw *
An intelligent, immersive thriller absolutely brimming with tension. Ajay Chowdhury’s deftness of touch brings both realism and sensitivity to a difficult theme. Superb writing * Marion Todd *
The 400-odd incident-packed pages pass in a flash * Financial Times *
The Kamil & Anjoli crime fiction series from Ajay Chowdhury is bursting with innovative thinking… If you’re new to Kamil, what joy for you to have a long & growing series ahead of you * Paul Waters *
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 which premiered in San Francisco.
Eden Falls, his first standalone thriller, was published in July 2026.
The Waiter (Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month), published in 2021, is the first in his critically-acclaimed crime series about Detective Kamil Rahman, an ex-policeman from Kolkata who has moved to Brick Lane in London. It is being adapted for television by Moonage Pictures. The Patriot is the latest book in the series.
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