March 14, 2021
ISBN: 978-1786079091 336pp. Journalist Saima Mir’s debut novel, The Khan, tells the story of Jia Khan, daughter of Akbar Khan, the head of a powerful crime syndicate in a city in northern England. Jia has managed to escape this murky world and become a successful London barrister, but she is compelled to return to her home city and her family after a 15-year estrangement, as she must try to rein in the chaos created by her father’s murder. The story has obvious parallels with Mario Puzo’s...