Abir Mukherjee

And then they have kids and the lives of, you know, these first generation Indian Americans.

It was a book that spoke to me as no other had because there are so many parallels between

that family emigrating to america this fictional family and my parents emigrating to the uk and so much of what these characters went through were things that my own family went through and and i'd never seen that in print before i'd never read a book which i could relate to in the way that i could relate to this you said there was another one yes um and this one i think because i'm

I'm a crime writer.

I have to have one more crime book on the shelf.

And this is a crime story with a difference.

This is a book called London Fields by Martin Amis, which I think I would describe as a Marmite book or, you know, for Australian listeners, a Vegemite book.

You either love it or you hate it.

It's a book set at the turn of the millennium in 1999.

And it's about a woman called Nicholas Six who's trying to orchestrate her own murder.

And from the beginning, you know that she's going to die.

You just don't know when and who is going to kill her.

You know that it's going to be one of several people.

It's either going to be the yobbish Keith Talent, who's a petty criminal, a cheat and a darts fanatic, or a rich, good-looking and hopelessly ineffectual guy called Guy Clinch.

And one of the things about this book is, you know, none of the characters are particularly likeable.

In parts it's brilliant, but in other parts it's extremely frustrating because I think it keeps you off balance.

But no matter what you think of the book, you won't forget it in a hurry.

And one of the things I love about it is Amos's writing style.

The language is so fresh to me and so beautiful.

This is the book that I have the most issues with.