A Jay Qasim short story and prequel to EAST OF HOUNSLOW written for Quick Reads 2021 A Jay Qasim short story and prequel to EAST OF HOUNSLOW written for Quick Reads 2021 Business has been slow for Hounslow’s small time dope-dealer, Jay Qasim. A student house party means quick easy cash but it also means breaking his own rules. But desperate times lead him there – and Jay finds himself in the middle of a crime scene. Idris Zaidi, a Police Constable and Jay’s best friend, is having a quiet night when he gets a call out following a noise complaint at a house party. Fed up with the lack of excitement in his job, he visits the scene and quickly realises that people are in danger after a stabbing. Someone will stop at nothing to get revenge . . . Praise for the Jay Qasim series: ‘Thrilling and immersive …violence, love, humour and razor-sharp observation keep the pages turning’ Sunday Times Crime Club ‘A timely addition to the new breed of socially committed British thrillers.’ Guardian ‘A brilliant thriller. You’d be mad not to buy this.’Ben Aaronovitch ‘Sweary, funny and, above all, an absolutely cracking thriller that you’ll tear through, this is the anti-James Bond that the 21st century needs’ Emerald Street 'East of Hounslow, in which a young Muslim finds himself forced to become an MI5 plant in a group of jihadists, is as British as Nelson’s Colum…a superb and exciting debut novel' Telegraph ‘A very funny, tense thriller…Think Four Lions meets Phone Shop’ Red Quick Reads 2021 Born in Karachi, Pakistan in 1975, Khurrum moved to England when he was one. He is a west London boy and now lives in Berkshire with his wife and two sons. Khurrum is currently working as a Senior IT Officer but his real love is writing. His first two books in the Jay Qasim series, East of Hounslow and Homegrown Hero have been shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year and CWA John Creasey Debut Dagger. Quick Reads 2021 • A prequel to the critically-acclaimed Jay Qasim series written exclusively as part of Quick Reads 2021 • A high-octane spy thriller for the box-set generation, featuring a refreshing and unique protagonist in Jay Qasim – a British Muslim unwillingly hired by MI5 • Perfect for readers of Mick Herron’s Jackson Lamb, Tony Parsons’s DC Max Wolfe and A.A. Dhand’s D.I. Harry Virdee series • Khurrum is a rising star of the crime genre, in demand for appearances at major crime festivals and shortlisted for major awards including the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel and CWA John Creasey Debut Dagger • Readers and reviewers alike love Jay Qasim and the previous two books in the series, East of Hounslow and Homegrown Hero, have received incredible reviews and media coverage Competition: Jackson Lamb series;London Rules;DC Max Wolfe;#taken;Marc Danes series;Nomad;QuickReads;the skylight;wish you were dead;the baby is mine. Mick Herron;A.A. Dhand;Tony Parsons;James Swallow;Abir Mukherjee;Oyinkan Braithwaite;Peter James;Louise Candlish
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