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Jia Khan must fight to stay on top when secrets from the past are revealed. The brilliant, tension-filled follow-up to the bestselling Times and Guardian Crime Novel of the Year. 'Thrilling.' The Times 'Unputdownable.' Erin Kelly For two years, Jia Khan has been running her late father’s organised crime business in the north of England. So far, her authority has remained unchallenged, but now things are beginning to unravel. When she finds her father’s notebook recounting his arrival from Pakistan in the 1970s, it awakes an old family feud that could have devastating repercussions for Jia. And worst of all, one of her staff lies brutally slain, his corpse displayed provocatively in her garden despite her sophisticated security. Someone is getting dangerously close. Could there be a traitor in Jia Khan’s trusted inner circle? 'Propulsive... A riveting second outing for the Khan.' Vaseem Khan

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Praise for The Khan: ‘A fascinating glimpse into a world rarely portrayed in fiction.’ Guardian, best crime and thrillers ‘A once-in-a-generation crime thriller.’  AA Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness ‘Bold, addictive and brilliant.’ Stylist, best fiction 2021

Praise for The Khan: ‘A fascinating glimpse into a world rarely portrayed in fiction.’ Guardian, best crime and thrillers ‘A once-in-a-generation crime thriller.’  AA Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness ‘Bold, addictive and brilliant.’ Stylist, best fiction 2021 'I’m just speechless and spellbound by Saima Mir’s brilliant follow up to The Khan. It is an incredibly rare occurrence for a sequel to be as good as or better than the original. Saima Mir's Vengeance not only lives up to its predecessor's reputation but equals it.' Surjit Reads and Recommends 'Mir’s propulsive and bloody character study is unafraid of dissecting the prejudice that survives – and sometimes thrives – openly in Jia Khan’s community. A riveting second outing for the Khan.' Vaseem Khan 'An unputdownable, unflinching and timely thriller about the shockwaves of the past, Vengeance confirms Saima Mir as one of the most exciting voices in British fiction today.’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said/ She Said ‘This peerless series marries gangland grit and family warmth, wisdom and folly, loyalty and change, history and now. An underworld must-read.’ Janice Hallett, author of The Twyford Code ‘The explosive return of Jia Khan. Vengeance gives you everything you want in a thriller. A riveting, complex and tension filled sequel.’ Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw Man 'Unforgettable... In Jia Khan, we are given the Muslim heroine missing for so long in popular culture. Clever, cool and calculating, she’s every bit as mesmerising as Michael Corleone.' Kia Abdullah, author of Take It Back

Praise for The Khan: ‘A fascinating glimpse into a world rarely portrayed in fiction.’ Guardian, best crime and thrillers ‘A once-in-a-generation crime thriller.’  A.A.Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness ‘Bold, addictive and brilliant.’ Stylist, best fiction 2021

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Saima Mir has written for The Times, Guardian and Independent. Her essay for It's Not About The Burqa (Picador) appeared in Guardian Weekend and received over 250,000 hits online in two days. She has also contributed to the anthology The Best, Most Awful Job: Twenty Writers Talk Honestly About Motherhood. Saima grew up in Bradford and now lives in London.

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