Kamil Rahman- Kolkata detective turned Brick Lane waiter has a new case on his hands . . .
Ajay Chowdhury was the inaugural winner of the Harvill
Secker-Bloody Scotland crime fiction award. He is a tech
entrepreneur and theatre director who was born in India and now
lives in London where he builds digital businesses, cooks
experimental dishes for his wife and daughters and writes through
the night. His children's book, Ayesha and the Firefish, was
published in 2016 and adapted into a musical.
The Waiter, 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. Follow-up The
Cook was published in May 2022 to excellent reviews and deals with
the issue of homelessness. The third book in the series - The
Detective - is about government surveillance and AI. The Spy is the
fourth book in the Detective Kamil Rahman series.
A hugely entertaining first novel for lovers of traditional crime
fiction, taking us from Kolkata to Brick Lane. I can't wait to read
more about disgraced detective Kamil and his wonderfully drawn
companion Anjoli.
*Ann Cleeves*
Superb... Chowdhury paces the novel like an old hand, juxtaposing
chapters set in the East End with flashbacks to Calcutta... [an]
outstanding debut
*Sunday Times*
From the mean streets of Kolkata to the kitchens of Brick
Lane...this is a rip-roaring mystery that's engrossing from start
to finish. In Kamil Rahman, Ajay has created a quixotic and all too
human protagonist who is a refreshing and welcome addition to the
world of detective fiction. One of my favourite reads of the
year.
*Abir Mukherjee, author of the Wyndham & Banerjee mysteries*
The Waiter is a heady mix of murder, intrigue and all things
Indian. Weaving together a dual narrative with aplomb, Ajay
Chowdhury's neatly-drawn detective Kamil Rahman relives his failure
to solve the murder of a Bollywood A-lister in Kolkata whilst
trying to solve the killing of an Indian industrialist in London.
Could the two murders be connected? An accomplished crime debut
that offers something a little different.
*Vaseem Khan, author of the Malabar House Baby Ganesh Agency crime
series*
An authentic and enthralling debut with an original new lead
detective.
*G.R. Halliday*
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