The Khan

A Times Bestseller 

A Times & Sunday Times Best Crime Books of 2021 

A Waterstones Thriller of The Month 

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Be twice as good as men & four times as good as white men. 

Jia Khan has always lived like this. 

Successful London lawyer Jia Khan is a long way from the Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father, Akbar Khan, led the Pakistani community & ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule – the old way – was violent & bloody, but it was always justice of a kind. Now, with her father murdered, Jia must return to take his place. Justice needs to be restored, & Jia is about to discover that justice always comes at a cost. 

‘A fascinating glimpse into a world rarely portrayed in fiction.’ — Guardian, best crime & thrillers 

‘A once-in-a-generation crime thriller.’ —A.A.Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness

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Saima Mir is an award-winning journalist. She started her career at the Telegraph & Argus & went on to work for the BBC. She is a recipient of the Commonwealth Broadcast Association's World View Award, & has written for numerous publications including The Times & The Independent. Saima's essay for the Picador book It's Not About The Burqa appeared in Guardian Weekend & received over 250,000 hits over two days. She lives in London with her husband & three sons. This is her debut novel. Find her online at saimamir.com & on Twitter @SaimaMir