I Know What I Saw". Bloomsbury.com. 2020 . Retrieved 22 November 2020. 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.Published: 10-06-2021 You Don't Know Me , the BBC adaptation of Imran Mahmood's brilliant debut thriller, is currently one of the most streamed programmes on Netflix!*

Wow. All I Said Was True is fantastic. Imran Mahmood writes with such skill and dexterity that he draws his reader in to a swirling vortex of intrigue, mystery and possibility. My brain was reeling because the first person account from Layla feeds information to the reader and yet tells them nothing at all. All I Said Was True feels almost audacious at the same time as being completely compelling.When emergency services are called to a London office rooftop, they find Amy Blahn laying dead having been stabbed in the chest. Layla Mahoney held Amy as she died, & tells police that a mysterious man named Michael is the one who killed Amy. Evidence points towards Layla being involved & when the police can't find any evidence of Michael's existence, they arrest her. Was Layla telling the truth? Mahmood's second book, I Know What I Saw, is a thriller about a murder in the affluent London district of Mayfair. It was published by Raven Books, the new crime imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. [2] [10] Its narrator, formerly a wealthy banker, meets scepticism when police cannot confirm his account of witnessing murder. [11] The Times recommended it as one of their "Best Thrillers for 2021." [12] Financial Times also praised the book, saying "it affirms his talent." [13] Owen, James (8 June 2021). "The best thrillers for June 2021". The Times . Retrieved 6 December 2021. as a portrait of vulnerability, it's sympathetically rendered and the resolution surprisingly disturbing.

A murder. A lawyer under investigation. A man that nobody can find who we’re told is the key. A bizarre case that unfolds in front of our eyes is the focus for this thriller.

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Layla Mahoney is arrested for the murder of Amy Blahn when she was found holding the body. All Layla will say is to tell them to find Michael as he has all the answers, but they can’t find Michael and wonder if he exists. However, I found the main character, Layla, so unlikeable that I had to pause my reading. I think it was intentional to make her seem frantic and disorganised throughout the investigation. She did not help the police by giving information or help herself. I would like to thank Netgalley and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for a review copy of All I Said Was True, a stand-alone thriller set in London. White, Peter (9 November 2020). "BBC To Adapt Crime Novel 'You Don't Know Me' With 'The Crown' Writer Tom Edge & 'Mrs Wilson' Producer Snowed-In". Deadline . Retrieved 21 November 2020. The BBC is adapting crime novel You Don't Know Me with The Crown writer Tom Edge and Mrs Wilson producer Snowed-In Productions. Deadline understands that the British public broadcaster is remaking Imran Mahmood's novel as a four-part drama.

At the start of the book, Layla Mahoney is being read her rights; she isn't an immediately sympathetic character and her cool, rather abrasive demeanour meant I wondered whether I would be able to relate to her as a protagonist. It's undeniably true that her actions throughout the novel ensure she isn't the easiest person to warm to; I was confused and frustrated by her behaviour but she is such a compelling character. I begrudged the times when I had to stop reading because I was so desperate to know the truth – about Amy Blahn's murder, the secrets Layla's husband, Russell was keeping, whether Layla was of sound mind and who the mysterious, apparently ever-present Michael really was.

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Imran is probably the most exciting crime fiction author in the UK right now and All I Said Was True is further proof of that. The dual narrative is exhilarating, the plot complex and layered, the writing is perfect and the narrator's voice is somehow both unreliable and trustworthy. Superb stuff." - M W Craven Every one of the billions of stars and planets - every single one is just cause and effect. They exist in their current states because of the things that happened beforehand. Do you think you’re immune from cause and effect, but whole galaxies aren’t?’ The short chapters create a fast paced plot and given the unity of Layla simply being interviewed by the police, the way the action is threaded into the narrative is astonishing. It’s so difficult to articulate the seemingly paradoxical simplicity and sophistication of how this story is constructed without spoiling the read for others.