Homegrown Hero. Khurrum Rahman

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Homegrown Hero - Khurrum Rahman Jay Qasim

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      Khurrum is currently working as a Senior IT Officer but his real love is writing. He has a screenplay which has been optioned by a Danish TV producer but is now concentrating on novels.

      Khurrum’s first novel, and the first book in the Jay Qasim series, East of Hounslow, was shortlisted for both the CrimeFest Last Laugh award and the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger award.

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      First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2018

      Copyright © Khurrum Rahman 2018

      Khurrum Rahman asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Ebook Edition © November 2018 ISBN: 9780008229610

       Version: 2019-02-19

      ‘Told with striking panache. Announces the arrival of a fine, fresh new thriller writer.’ Daily Mail

      ‘Combining humour and tragedy is one of the hardest literary challenges, but Khurrum Rahman succeeds.’ TLS

      ‘A very funny but tense thriller ... think Four Lions meets Phone Shop.’ Red

      ‘As much a coming-of-age story as a full-on action thriller, East of Hounslow is thought-provoking and entirely gripping.’ Guardian

      ‘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 Column. A superb and exciting debut novel.’ Telegraph

      ISBN: 978-0-00-822960-3

      ‘Clipped dialogues, staccato sentences and the hilariously brilliant prose set the pace of this excellent unputdownable crime thriller. The climax will leave you breathless.’ New Indian Express

      ‘A brilliant thriller. You’d be mad not to buy this.’ Ben Aaronovitch, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Rivers of London series

      ‘Excellent book. Phenomenal writing.’ B A Paris, Sunday Times bestselling author of Bring Me Back

      ‘I loved it. More please.’ Mel McGrath, author of Give Me the Child

      ‘Builds to a heart-constricting climax.’ Times Crime Club

      ‘The best thriller I’ve read in ages.’ Stephen Leather, author of the Spider Shepherd series

       SHORTLISTED for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award 2018

       SHORTLISTED for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger 2018

      and the one I call Jaan

      Contents

       Cover

       About the Author

       Title Page

       Dedication

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