Out of the Ashes

<h2>‘INCENDIARY TIMELY AND AUTHENTIC’ <em>Crime Monthly</em></h2> <h2>‘ORIGINAL AND DISTURBING’ <em>Sunday Times</em></h2> <h2>’UNDERLINES HOW FINE A WRITER NEWHAM IS’ <em>Daily Mail</em></h2> <p>A tragic accident – or a ruthless killer?</p> <p>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 site 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.</p> <p>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 all of East London goes up in flames.</p> <p> <strong>Praise for <em>Out of the Ashes</em>:</strong> </p> <p>‘Perfectly formed police procedural elevated by a real sense of social conscience’ <em>Heat</em></p> <p>‘Reinvigorates the traditional police procedural … Maya Rahman is a brilliant addition to the canon of flawed-but-dogged detectives. Incendiary timely and authentic’ <em>Crime Monthly</em></p> <p>‘Underlines how fine a writer Newham is and how fascinating her heroine is becoming. It’s no surprise Newham taught psychology in the East End before turning to writing – her unflinching eye and understanding of the area inhabit every sentence’ <em>Daily Mail</em></p> <p>‘Newham’s plots are original and disturbing revealing aspects of Britain that don’t often appear in contemporary crime fiction’ <em>Sunday Times</em></p> <p>‘Newham’s gift is to make her complex flawed characters live and breathe’ <em>Times</em> and <em>Sunday Times</em> Crime Club</p>