The Divinities

The Divinities: A Drake and Crane Novel is the first in a gripping new London crime series by Parker Bilal, the award-winning creator of PI Makana, described by the Guardian as 'everything you could want in a detective hero' and by the Los Angeles Review of Books as 'the Marlowe of Cairo'. Introduci [...]
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The Divinities: A Drake and Crane Novel is the first in a gripping new London crime series by Parker Bilal, the award-winning creator of PI Makana, described by the Guardian as 'everything you could want in a detective hero' and by the Los Angeles Review of Books as 'the Marlowe of Cairo'. Introducing the characters of Detective Inspector Calil Drake, a mixed-race ex-soldier from a broken home, and Dr Rayhana Crane, a former British Army hostage negotiator, The Divinities tells a tale of betrayal in the wake of the War of Terror, heightening community tensions and possible police corruption. When a decapitated head is found on a London underground train, Drake and Crane must team up to investigate in a simmering mystery that interrogates masculinity and marginalisation in a supposedly multicultural London. Crisply written and tautly plotted, Parker Bilal's London is seductive, alive with secrets, and on the brink of violence.