The Motive

Name: The Motive
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Khurrum Rahman
ISBN: 9780008448271

Author: Khurrum Rahman

Narrator: Waleed Akhtar

Unabridged: 2 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ

Published: 05/27/2021

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Urban, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage, Cultural Fiction

Synopsis

A Jay Qasim short story and prequel to EAST OF HOUNSLOW written for Quick Reads 2021 Business has been slow for Hounslow’s small time dope-dealer, Jay Qasim. A student house party means quick easy cash but it also means breaking his own rules. But desperate times lead him there – and Jay finds himself in the middle of a crime scene. Idris Zaidi, a Police Constable and Jay’s best friend, is having a quiet night when he gets a call out following a noise complaint at a house party. Fed up with the lack of excitement in his job, he visits the scene and quickly realises that people are in danger after a stabbing. Someone will stop at nothing to get revenge . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sherrie

Not really for me, would appeal to a younger audience. Seemed far fetched in places and a poor ending.......more

Goodreads review by Amy

A small-time dope dealer. A house party. A police officer. A stabbing. Someone wants revenge but who ends up getting hurt? A short read that was just okay. 2 🌟......more

Goodreads review by Sophie

This book was about the clash between British-Asian Muslims and White British people and some of the underlying tensions between these groups. Can’t say it was very good. I thought it started off quite promising and full of excitement, but the portrayal of the police officers was so unrealistic it ju......more

Quotes

Praise for the Jay Qasim series: ‘Thrilling and immersive …violence, love, humour and razor-sharp observation keep the pages turning’ Crime Club ‘A timely addition to the new breed of socially committed British thrillers.’ ‘A brilliant thriller. You’d be mad not to buy this.’Ben Aaronovitch ‘Sweary, funny and, above all, an absolutely cracking thriller that you’ll tear through, this is the anti-James Bond that the 21st century needs’ 'East of Hounslow, in which a young Muslim finds himself forced to become an MI5 plant in a group of jihadists, is as British as Nelson’s Colum…a superb and exciting debut novel' ‘A very funny, tense thriller…Think meets ’