The Divinities
Parker Bilal
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The first in a compelling London crime series from the author nominated for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year
When two bodies are found brutally murdered at a building site in Battersea, DS Cal Drake is first to the scene. He sees an opportunity: to solve a high-profile case and to repair his reputation after a botched undercover operation almost ended his promising career in the Violent Crimes Unit.
Assigned to work with the forensic psychologist Dr Rayhana Crane, and on the hunt for an elusive killer, Drake’s investigations lead down the dark corridors of the past – to the Iraq war and the destruction both he and Crane witnessed there. With a community poised on the brink of violence, Crane and Drake must put their lives on the line to stop the killer before vengeance is unleashed.
“Terrific crime fiction rooted in geopolitics”
sunday Times
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“Bilal tells the story with ferocious, exhilarating energy … essential reading”
daily Telegraph
“A firecracker of a novel that delves deep into the rot infecting both politics and big business”
Eric Van Lustbader, Author Of The Bourne Legacy
“Told with a delicate elegance … It promises to be a fine series”
daily Mail
“A brilliantly-written London noir from a master of the crime genre”
Mason Cross, Author Of Presumed Dead
Parker Bilal
Parker Bilal is the author of the Makana Investigations series, the third of which, The Ghost Runner, was longlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. The Divinities, the first in his Crane & Drake London crime series, was published in 2019. Parker Bilal is the pseudonym of Jamal Mahjoub, the critically acclaimed literary novelist. Born in London, he has lived in a number of places, including the UK, Denmark, Spain and, currently, the Netherlands.
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