The Perfect Crime

Around the world in 22 murders…

MURDER
BLACKMAIL
REVENGE

From Lagos to Mexico City, Australia to the Caribbean, Toronto to Los Angeles, Darjeeling to rural New Zealand, London to New York – twenty-two bestselling crime writers from diverse cultures come together from across the world in a razor sharp and deliciously sinister collection of crime stories.

Featuring Oyinkan Braithwaite, Abir Mukherjee, S.A. Cosby, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, J.P. Pomare, Sheena Kamal, Vaseem Khan, Sulari Gentill, Nelson George, Rachel Howzell Hall, John Vercher, Sanjida Kay, Amer Anwar, Henry Chang, Nadine Matheson, Mike Phillips, Ausma Zehanat Khan, Felicia Yap, Thomas King, Imran Mahmood, David Heska Wanbli Weiden and Walter Mosley.

‘An absolute delight! The Perfect Crime is the most original, and captivating, short fiction anthology to come along in ages… this book is a one-sitting read.’ JEFFERY DEAVER, author of The Bone Collector and The Midnight Lock

‘A collection of crime writers from diverse cultural backgrounds, united by the quality of their compelling stories. A hugely welcome and long-overdue anthology’ MARK BILLINGHAM, no. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

• Twenty-two bestselling crime writers of black, Asian, Latinx and other cultures and ethnic minorities come together for the first time ever in a breath-takingly twisty and deliciously sinister collection of crime stories.

• For international markets, we have a broad cross-section of authors from New Zealand, Australia, Nigeria, Canada, USA, Mexico, India, the UK, so each territory will have local authors.

• All stories are original.

• Vaseem Khan is a British writer, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency novels and the Inspector Persis Wadia series. These are published by Hodder. Maxim Jakubowski is a crime and science fiction writer and critic, who is now chair of the CWA.

Competition: My Sister the Serial Killer;Mexican Gothic;Death in the East;A Rising Man;Devil in a Blue Dress;Stone Cold Trouble;Afraid of the Light;Killer Women. Silvia Moreno Garcia;Oyinken Braithwaite; Abir Mukherjee; Nadine Matheson; Walter Mosley; Felicia Yap; Sulari Gentill; Amer Anwar