Next of Kin

Kia Abdullah National Crime Reading Month

National Crime Reading Month: Kia Abdullah

For National Crime Reading Month, we asked some of our authors to recommend some of their favourite crime fiction novels. This week we are joined by Kia Abdullah, author of contemporary and gripping thrillers including Next of Kin and Take it Back. I was at a literary… Read More
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Read an extract of Next of Kin!

New from Kia Abdullah, Next of Kin is a gripping, brave and tense courtroom drama. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final, heart-stopping page. Read the first chapter below! Chapter One It was a strange thing to be jealous of your… Read More
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Your staycation just got a lot more thrilling!

This year is all about staycations and nothing completes a holiday at home than a good stack of books. Transport yourself around Great Britain with these four gripping HQ crime thrillers that will give your holiday a thrilling edge. To celebrate this year’s Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate,… Read More
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IBW2021: Kia Abdullah on the joys of being ‘bookish’

It’s Independent Bookshop Week! Today we are joined by Kia Abdullah, author of the upcoming gripping courtroom drama Next of Kin. She talks about how it is such a joy to be ‘bookish’. Bookshops have been an anchor My mother tongue, Sylheti, is very much an oral language. It’s… Read More