{"product_id":"the-cook-ajay-chowdhury","title":"The Cook (Ajay Chowdhury)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thrilling . . . a terrific series' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomeone has an appetite for murder...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKamil Rahman used to be a detective in Kolkata. Now he's a cook in London's East End. \u003cb\u003eYet trouble still knows where to find him.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKamil Rahman thought his crimefighting days were behind him. But when a woman he knows is murdered and the police arrest the most convenient suspect, he hangs up his apron and employs his detective skills once more to find the true killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, restaurant manager Anjoli is volunteering with a homeless charity, where she notices a sudden troubling increase in unexplained deaths among people sleeping rough in and around Brick Lane. With the council and police uninterested, she starts an investigation of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKamil and Anjoli's cases seem unrelated, but as the duo dig deeper, they discover connections that stretch from London to Lahore. Together they take on the indifference of the authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf the Met won't find the murderers, then Kamil and Anjoli will.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rip-roaring mystery that's engrossing from start to finish... a refreshing and welcome addition to the world of detective fiction' Abir Mukherjee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAjay Chowdhury, the inaugural winner of the Harvill Secker-Bloody Scotland prize, is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director. His children's book - \u003ci\u003eAyesha and the Firefish\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2016 and adapted into a musical which premiered in San Francisco. \u003ci\u003eEden Falls\u003c\/i\u003e, his first standalone thriller, was published in July 2026.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Waiter \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Crime Book of the Month), was published in 2021, and 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Patriot \u003c\/i\u003eis the latest book in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65758959141213,"sku":"K096194821","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9619482100001A.jpg?v=1788208730","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-cook-ajay-chowdhury","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}