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I Know What I Saw
The gripping new thriller from the author of BBC1's YOU DON'T KNOW ME
I Know What I Saw
The gripping new thriller from the author of BBC1's YOU DON'T KNOW ME
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Description
'Mahmood is most definitely one to watch' DAILY EXPRESS
'A thrilling new voice in crime fiction' TIM WEAVER
I saw it. He smothered her, pressing his hands on her face. The police don't believe me, they say it's impossible – but I know what I saw.
This is Xander Shute: once a wealthy banker, now living on the streets.
As he shelters for the night in an empty Mayfair flat, he hears its occupants returning home, and scrambles to hide as the couple argue. Trapped in his hiding place, he soon finds himself witnessing a vicious murder.
But who was the dead woman, who the police later tell him can't have been there? And why is the man Xander saw her with evading justice?
As Xander searches for answers, his memory of the crime comes under scrutiny, forcing him to confront his long-buried past and the stories he's told about himself.
How much he is willing to risk to understand the brutal truth?
Product details

Published | 10 Jun 2021 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 384 |
ISBN | 9781526627636 |
Imprint | Raven Books |
Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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With pace and fineness, I Know What I Saw brings together an impossible crime, a witness no one wants to believe and an unflinching study of life on the streets. Intelligent, imaginative and meticulously plotted, this is an author at the top of his game - simply sensational.
M. W. Craven
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It's a truly Hitchcockian thriller ride, a white-knuckle ride through the tortuous labyrinth of human memory.
Chris Brookmyre
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Imran Mahmood's new book opens with a bang. When homeless Xander Shute wanders into a seemingly empty house he unwittingly witnesses a murder. But the police claim that almost nothing of what he has seen exists. Is Xander losing his mind? Soon the net tightens as a murder is discovered and Xander becomes the prime suspect. Mahmood, following his innovative, breakout hit, You Don't Know Me, once again delivers a twisting narrative full of surprises and blind alleys. Psychological noir at its most gripping.
Vaseem Khan
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'Mahmood has a rare gift for combining hypnotic prose with a page-turning pace. A gripping and beautiful read.'
Ayisha Malik
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'Spectacular – an absolute treat.'
A. A. Dhand
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I stayed up way past lights out last night to finish what was in short a quite phenomenal novel. Having absolutely loved You Don't Know Me, I was fairly certain this one would be good too, but it was far better than I could have hoped. What an astonishing voice Imran has created for Xander, at once intelligent, resourceful and yet also deeply flawed. I thought the complex plot was handled masterfully, and that double punch at the end was superb. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
James Oswald