What starts with the gruesome discovery of a severed head on the Tube soon becomes personal for former DI Cal Drake. After one betrayal too many, Drake has abandoned the police force to become a private detective. He's teamed up with enigmatic forensic psychologist Dr Rayhana Crane and it's not long before the case leads them to the darkest corners of the nation's capital and in dangerously close contact with an international crime circuit, a brutal local rivalry and a very personal quest for retribution. With the murder victim tied to Drake's past, his new future is about to come under threat.

"Inventive and original . . . The Heights is a complex and satisfying mystery involving finance, gangland, trafficking and prostitution. A layered, no-nonsense thriller that is intriguing and exciting" - * NB Magazine *

"Praise for The Divinities: Terrific crime fiction rooted in geopolitics" - * Sunday Times *

"Bilal tells the story with ferocious, exhilarating energy . . . essential reading" - * Daily Telegraph *

"Told with a delicate elegance . . . It promises to be a fine series" - * Daily Mail *

"A fresh and vivid portrait of a city that is less melting pot than explosive pressure cooker" - * Guardian *