The Invitation

A MYSTERY IS UNFOLDING *A Detective Kamil Rahman short story* 'Thrilling...a terrific series' Sunday Times Someone's put murder on the menu... Kamil Rahman is working as a waiter at an Indian restaurant when his boss Anjoli receives a strange email titled Invitation to a Beheading. It claims to be a celebration of Anne Boleyn's 500th anniversary of her imprisonment and death, but when the pair arrive at the Bloody Tower, things take a sinister turn. Anjoli discovers an old friend has been kidnapped, and the only way to save her is to solve a series of clues leading them across London to her whereabouts. In a race against the clock, can Kamil and Anjoli find the missing woman before time runs out? *This is a digital-exclusive free short story, set in the world of the beloved Detective Kamil Rahman series.* If you enjoyed this short story, the novels are available now: The Waiter The Cook The Detective Coming in 2024: The Spy Ajay Chowdhury has partnered with Google's Pixel Fold to launch a first of its kind interactive eBook of The Invitation, which is also available to download for free. It offers a fun and interactive read, ideal for filling the average commute. Embedded with puzzles designed to stimulate and challenge, the eBook is optimised for the Pixel Fold - Google's first foldable phone. Praise for the Detective Kamil Rahman series: 'Hugely entertaining' ANN CLEEVES 'The Detective has all the ingredients for a great crime series' SUN '[Kamil is a] likeable inspector . . . We shall hear much more of him' DAILY MAIL 'An elegantly constructed thriller' THE TIMES 'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES

Ajay Chowdhury, the inaugural winner of the Harvill Secker-Bloody Scotland prize, is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director. His children's book - Ayesha and the Firefish, was published in 2016 and adapted into a musical which premiered in San Francisco. The Waiter (Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month), was published in 2021, and is the first in his critically-acclaimed crime series about Detective Kamil Rahman, an ex-policeman from Kolkata who has moved to Brick Lane in London. It is being adapted for television by Moonage Pictures.The Cook (Guardian Top Crime Books of the Year) was published in May 2022 to excellent reviews and deals with the issue of homelessness. The third book in the series - The Detective (Sunday Times Top Crime Books of the Year) - is about government surveillance and AI. The Spy (Longlisted Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing), the fourth book, sees Kamil infiltrate a terrorist cell. The Shadow (A Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month) is the latest book in the series.