PUBLISHED BY HQ 2nd SEPTEMBER 2021
ON AN ORDINARY WORKING DAY…
Leila Syed receives a call that leaves her life in two. Her brother-in-law’s voice is filled with panic. His son’s nursery has called to ask where little Max is.
YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE…
Leila was supposed to drop Max off that morning. But she forgot.
Racing to the car park, she grasps the horror of what she has done…
IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE…
What follows is an explosive, high-profile trial that will tear the family apart. But as the case progresses it becomes clear there’s more to this incident than meets the eye…
A gripping, brave, and tense courtroom drama, Next of Kin will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final, heart-stopping page.
What did I think?
This story will be my best of the month, it really is so very good. Even though it is a sad subject the twists and turns are amazing and so unexpected. The characters are good and work so well together that I just had to keep reading. This is definitely an author to keep an eye on, this book is explosive in so many ways. Will the police eventually find out what happened or is there nothing to find out at all and it was all a big genuine mistake. What happens will shock you and keep you reading until the end, will you ever find out the truth?
Kia Abdullah is an author from London. Her novel Take It Back was named one of the best thrillers of the year by The Guardian and Telegraph and was selected for an industry-first audio serialisation by HarperCollins and The Pigeonhole. Her follow-up novel, Truth Be Told, is out now (Mar 2021, HarperCollins).
Kia has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The FT, The Telegraph, the BBC, and The Times, and is the founder of Asian Booklist, a nonprofit that advocates for diversity in publishing.
