{"product_id":"9781529967043","title":"The Shadow by Chowdhury, Ajay","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Chowdhury, Ajay\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22 January 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Detective Kamil Rahman' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 28 | 282g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA RITUAL KILLING. AN ANCIENT CURSE. WHAT'S MYTH... AND WHAT'S MURDER?'A slick, masterfully plotted, white-knuckle ride of a read,' A.A. CHAUDHURI'A highly enjoyable and hugely entertaining read' NILESHA CHAUVETAfter a bruising encounter with a terrorist group, Detective Kamil Rahman has resigned from the Met and set up a detective agency with his friend Anjoli. But when his boss asks him to go to India to investigate the murder of a British engineer who was found with eighteen arrows stuck in his body, Kamil agrees to take the case, as long as Anjoli can accompany him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they arrive in Mumbai, they find someone is on a gruesome killing spree, striking down those connected to the engineer in increasingly macabre ways. Meanwhile, an old friend of Kamil™s begs for his help breaking the curse he believes his family is under.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the body count rises, Kamil is torn between solving a very real murder case and protecting his friend from a grisly “ if far-fetched “ fate. Can he catch a killer and prevent an ancient curse before more people lose their lives?Praise for the Detective Kamil Rahman novels:'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES'Hugely entertaining' ANN CLEEVES'A rip-roaring mystery that's engrossing from start to finish' ABIR MUKHERJEEREADERS LOVE KAMIL AND ANJOLI:˜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™\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58293220475261,"sku":"9781529967043","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781529967043.jpg?v=1781689879","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/es\/products\/9781529967043","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}