The Khan

Saima Mir

From Shelf: 2022 Adult longlist

A searing, gritty debut crime novel with an unforgettable heroine who must make her way in a man's world

'Bold, addictive and brilliant.' Stylist, best fiction 2021

A Times Bestseller

A Times & Sunday Times Best Crime Books of 2021

A Waterstones Thriller of The Month

Be twice as good as men and four times as good as white men.

Jia Khan has always lived like this.

Successful London lawyer Jia Khan is a long way from the Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father, Akbar Khan, led the Pakistani community and ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule - the old way - was violent and bloody, but it was always justice of a kind. Now, with her father murdered, Jia must return to take his place. Justice needs to be restored, and Jia is about to discover that justice always comes at a cost.

'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