East of Hounslow (Jay Qasim, Book 1)

Meet Jay.
Small-time dealer.
Accidental jihadist.
The one man who can save us all?

Javid – call him Jay – is a dope dealer living in West London. He goes to mosque on Friday, and he’s just bought his pride and joy – a BMW. He lives with his mum, and life seems sweet.

But his world is about to turn upside-down. Because MI5 have been watching him, and they think he’s just the man they need for a delicate mission.

One thing’s for sure: now he’s a long way East of Hounslow, Jay’s life will never be the same again.

With the edgy humour of Four Lions and the pulse-racing tension of Nomad, East of Hounslow is the first in a series of thriller starring Jay Qasim.

• A thriller for a box-set generation, this is something completely different, brilliantly brave, and utterly refreshing.

• An exciting merging of the compulsive edginess of Breaking Bad, the fresh, clever and controversial comedy of Four Lions and the thriller-writing brilliance of Terry Hayes at his best.

• As a British Muslim born in Pakistan and raised in the UK, Khurrum Rahman’s voice is as authentic as it is engaging.

• With stunning write-ups from everyone from the TLS to the Guardian, from the Daily Mail to the crime blogging community, Khurrum has an extremely special ability to appeal to an astonishing breadth of readers.