Adam Colclough lives and works in the West Midlands, he writes regularly for a number of websites, one day he will get round to writing a book for someone else to review.
Kicking back by the pool of a Dubai hotel Jay Quasim, occasional MI5 agent and full-time chancer thinks he’s finally got it made. Trouble has a way of finding him, this time in the shape of the father he thought had been killed and an old friend with a score he will go to any length to settle. Jay is drawn back into the spying game where everyone is out to cheat someone and friends and enemies are often one and the same.
This set to be one of the standout thrillers of the year, a big claim when we are hardly past midway. It is justified though by the fact that Rahman brings a new and much needed voice to the genre.
He tackles head on the hot topic of radicalization, focusing on the human impact on vulnerable young men of making a massive emotional investment in any ideology. Behind every teacher is a human being, usually one with feet of clay, when idealism and human frailty collide the disillusionment caused can be devastating.
The tone is sharp and sarcastic, Rahman and through him Jay Quasim, is plugged in to the popular culture, whilst also feeling the pull of another, less forgiving culture. A journey down the meaner streets of London turns into a tense stand-off in the badlands of Afghanistan where only those prepared to be brutal have a chance of survival.
This is an impressive third outing for a series and a very modern anti-hero who are both unafraid of going into places most would pray to avoid.
