Turn a Blind Eye: A gripping and tense crime thriller with a brand new detective for 2018

Turn a Blind Eye: A gripping and tense crime thriller with a brand new detective for 2018
Vicky Newham

’Remarkable’Paul Finch;‘Impressive’Daily Mail;‘Fresh and enthralling’Roz Watkins’Wonderful… a fresh, modern, realistic and page-turning crime fiction book’ Lisa CuttsA headmistress is found strangled in an East London school, the victim of a ritualistic act of violence. Found at the scene is a single piece of card, upon which is written an ancient Buddhist precept:I SHALL ABSTAIN FROM TAKING THE UNGIVEN.At first, DI Maya Rahman can’t help but hope this is a tragic but isolated murder. Then, the second body is found.Faced with a community steeped in secrets and prejudice, Maya must untangle the cryptic messages left at the crime scenes to solve the deadly riddle behind the murders – before the killer strikes again.Turn a Blind Eye is the first book in a brand-new series set in East London and starring DI Maya Rahman.

Psychologist VICKY NEWHAM grew up in West Sussex and taught in East London for many years, before moving to Whitstable in Kent. She studied for an MA in Creative Writing at Kingston University. Turn a Blind Eye is her debut novel. She is currently working on the next book in the series.

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Ebook Edition © April 2018 ISBN: 9780008240684

Version: 2018-09-17

PRAISE FOR TURN A BLIND EYE (#u7b323475-5023-5722-9ce0-6a6e0e551cd3)

‘A remarkable portrayal of a crime investigation in modern, multi-cultural Britain’

Paul Finch, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ashes to Ashes

‘A clever, gripping debut with a courageous DI at its heart’

BA Paris, author of Behind Closed Doors

‘Maya is wonderfully complex and human’

James Oswald, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inspector Mclean series

‘A sensational debut; a current, timely police procedural featuring a DI like none you’ve ever seen. I loved this book!’

Karen Dionne, author of Home

‘Perfectly recreates the melting pot cultural atmosphere of East London; punchy and twisty. A terrific start to an important new series’

Vaseem Khan, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series

‘Assured and beautifully crafted, with a tempting array of clues to keep crime lovers glued to the pages’

Amanda Jennings, author of In Her Wake

‘DI Maya Rahman is the heroine I’ve waited a lifetime for’

Alex Caan, author of the Riley and Harris series

‘A fresh and enthralling read which smacks of authenticity. A different take on the usual, tired detective story, too. I loved it’

Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me

‘Slick, fresh and current’

Mel Sherratt, author of The Girls Next Door

‘Stands out from the crowd. Filled with cryptic clues, this will keep you entertained throughout’

Caroline Mitchell, author of Silent Victim

For my father, who believed in kindness.

‘You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.’

—WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (1791)

Contents

Cover (#u07142829-8bee-5e9a-8dfb-63fbbf7c9146)

About the Author (#u133910a2-b8e5-52e6-b38f-79e793538755)

Title Page (#u142512fa-799e-5540-b0f0-4337a67be28d)

Copyright (#ulink_845a47be-dda7-500f-bbc6-99fc2f9d0020)

Praise (#ubab412fd-cb52-532a-a293-385be6e8d5f8)

Dedication (#ub461bdec-5ade-54a5-bb54-d891a80fcb83)

Epigraph (#u0eb850a4-7906-5846-829c-d9471c693a20)

Kala Uddin Mosque, Sylhet, Bangladesh Thursday, 21 December 2017 – Maya (#ulink_184e85e4-d7f6-5a08-9c32-7a621f201c77)

Wednesday, 3 January 2018 – Steve (#ulink_52009c3c-53a2-5e5b-9dd9-01c8db191b17)

Wednesday – Maya (#ulink_f5bc693a-858f-51ad-8d50-2b0c45656a2c)