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Vaseem Khan

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Vaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India and the upcoming Quantum of Menace, the first in a series featuring Q from the James Bond franchise. His debut, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020. In 2021, Midnight at Malabar House, the first in the Malabar House novels set in 1950s Bombay, won the CWA Historical Dagger. Vaseem was born in England, but spent a decade working in India. Vaseem is the current Chair of the UK Crime Writers Association.

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	The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 11,700 ratings — published 2015 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,647 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 4,166 ratings — published 2016 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dying Day (Malabar House #2) 4.19 avg rating — 3,227 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 2,855 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Man of Bombay (Malabar House #3) 4.24 avg rating — 2,678 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Grand Raj Palace (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 2,339 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 2,018 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Day at the Vulture Club (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #5) 4.20 avg rating — 1,835 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City of Destruction (Malabar House #5) 4.36 avg rating — 1,162 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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CLASSIFICATION: GOLD LEVEL (FOR YOUR EYES ONLY) SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM #10 – LEAVING MI6

Dear colleagues,

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of my imminent departure from Q Branch. After almost three decades at MI6, I find myself ‘moving on’. I will draw a discreet veil over the precise reason for my exit, but let us, in the interests of expediency, employ that comforting euphemism ‘personal reasons’. Instead of dwelling on the matter, I shall instead use this moment to thank y

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Crime fiction has lots of interesting nooks and crannies. You’ve got your traditional detective stories (invented by Edgar Allan Poe, most...

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“The only way to avoid falling prey to the perils of confusion is to never be confused about what you are. If you are an honest man, as I hope you will prove to be, never allow the circumstances of a moment to make you act against your nature. That way lies the ruin of everything you stand for.”
― Vaseem Khan, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

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“You do well, my son, to cry like a woman, for what you could not defend as a man.” ”
― Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House

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“If the police were any more useless they’d be politicians.”
― Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House

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Voting for May 2023 Group Read - starting with M

My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh

7 votes, 21.9%

Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen

7 votes, 21.9%

The Mother by Jane Caro

7 votes, 21.9%

Missing by Catherine Lee

3 votes, 9.4%

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

2 votes, 6.3%

The Monkey's Mask by Dorothy Porter

2 votes, 6.3%

Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem Khan

2 votes, 6.3%

Murder in the Telephone Exchange by June Wright

1 vote, 3.1%

The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey

1 vote, 3.1%

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