OUT OF THE ASHES

Even more explosive than the first novel, Out of the Ashes builds on everything that readers love about Turn a Blind Eye: the setting, the characters and a contemporary storyline, steeped in social realism.

A tragic accident – or a ruthless killer?

When a flash mob on Brick Lane is interrupted by a sudden explosion, DI Maya Rahman dashes to the scene. A fire is raging through one of the city’s most infamous streets, the sight of Maya’s childhood home. And the discovery of two charred bodies in the burnt-out building transforms an arson attack into a murder case.

With witnesses too caught up in the crowd to have seen anything useful, Maya is facing a complex investigation without a single lead. And, when reports of a second, even more horrifying crime land on Maya’s desk, it’s obvious there’s more at stake than she could ever have imagined. She must find the answers – before the killer strikes again. 

REVIEWS

‘Newham’s plots are original and disturbing, revealing aspects of Britain that don’t often appear in contemporary crime fiction’ - The Sunday Times

‘Underlines how fine a writer Newham is’ - The Daily Mail

‘Reinvigorates the traditional police procedural … Maya Rahman is a brilliant addition to the canon of flawed-but-dogged detectives. Incendiary, timely and authentic’ - Crime Monthly

‘Perfectly formed police procedural, elevated by a real sense of social conscience’ - Heat

‘Newham’s gift is to make her complex, flawed characters live and breathe’ - Times and Sunday Times Crime Club

‘This is raw, beautiful and authentic writing … powerful storytelling, an unnerving portrait of contemporary society, a chilling mystery, and some unforgettable characterisation from an author who knows her subject, and understands her setting’ - Big reader, Amazon