The Spy
Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.
Check link for latest rating. ( 231 ratings, 72 reviews)Found a better price? Request a price match
The Spy
The Spy
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 Anjoli's beloved restaurant on Brick Lane, Kamil attempts to infiltrate the cell. What he uncovers leads him halfway across the world to Kashmir, and face to face with an old nemesis.
Meanwhile, Anjoli starts to investigate the disappearance of a young boy who's sending coded messages to his parents. As she attempts to solve his clues, she finds herself in greater danger than she could have imagined.
Time is running out for Kamil and Anjoliβcan they save the boy, and save a nation, before it's too late?
For fans of Robert Galbraith, Anthony Horowitz, and Elly Griffiths, The Spy is the compelling, thought-provoking new mystery in the Detective Kamil Rahman series.
Series: Detective Kamil Rahman
View allBook Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529931730
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 312g
Pages: 448
About the Author
Ajay Chowdhury, the inaugural winner of the Harvill Secker-Bloody Scotland prize, is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director. His children's book - Ayesha and the Firefish, was published in 2016 and adapted into a musical which 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, an ex-policeman from Kolkata who has moved to Brick Lane in London. It is being adapted for television by Moonage Pictures.The Cook (Guardian Top Crime Books of the Year) was published in May 2022 to excellent reviews and deals with the issue of homelessness. The third book in the series - The Detective (Sunday Times Top Crime Books of the Year) - is about government surveillance and AI. The Spy (Longlisted Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing), the fourth book, sees Kamil infiltrate a terrorist cell. The Shadow (A Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month) is the latest book in the series.
Also by Ajay Chowdhury
View allMore from Crime & Thriller
View allWhy buy from us?
Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!
Service & Delivery
Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.
Auckland Bookstore
We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.
Our Gifting Service
Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.
