The Spy

*Longlisted for the 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize*'A splendidly dramatic ending. . . Chowdhury's writing is compelling and compassionate' The GuardianONE MISSING BOY. 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 in his friend Anjoli's 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 Anjoli: can they save the boy, and save a nation, before it's too late? READERS LOVE THE SPY:'WOW! The Spy is the perfect mix of contemporary politics, humour, action and romance. . . the best in a series that just 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 which gave an insight into the fight against terrorism'Praise for the Detective Kamil Rahman series:'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES'Hugely entertaining' ANN CLEEVES'A rip-roaring mystery that's engrossing from start to finish' ABIR MUKHERJEE