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Win copies of The Spy by Ajay Chowdhury for your book club

Calling all crime fiction fans!

From Ajay Chowdhury, the award-winning author of THE WAITER, comes the thrilling new Detective Kamil Rahman mystery that’s his toughest assignment yet…

Detective Kamil Rahman is working for the Metropolitan 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.

But when a young boy goes missing, Kamil finds the disappearance is linked to his case. What he uncovers leads him halfway across the world to Kashmir, and face to face with an old nemesis…

About the offer

If you fancy winning 10 copies of The Spy for your book club as well as a full set of the Detective Kamil Rahman series, please complete this survey by 13 February for the chance to take part. Plus! Two groups who send feedback to the publisher will be sent an early review copy of the new book in the series, The Shadow, out May 2025.

The books will be delivered to you by the end of February and you will have six weeks after you receive the book to send back individual reviews. To select the groups, we anonymise your applications and share with the publisher to help select the groups.

Please only apply if you will be able to send the group’s feedback six weeks after receiving books. If you do not send in feedback in return for the free books you will not be able to apply for other opportunities. We also request welcome photos and screengrabs of any social media posts.

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