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Shaken and Stirred: From headless corpses in India to a hidden history of James Bond... and Q
Bestselling crime fiction author Vaseem Khan takes us on a whirlwind journey from the Naga Hills region in 1950s India and a locked-room mystery featuring a headless corpse via his award-winning Malabar House mystery novels - to contemporary Britain's MI6 and the exploits of James Bond and Q. The Man with the Golden Compass is the second in his 'clever cosy' mystery series, aimed at fans of Mick Herron and Richard Osman, featuring Q from the Bond franchise.Bio: Vaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India, and the Q Mysteries, beginning with Quantum of Menace, the first in a murder mystery series featuring Q from the James Bond franchise. His debut, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020. In 2021, Midnight at Malabar House, the first in the Malabar House novels set in 1950s Bombay, won the CWA Historical Dagger. Vaseem was born in England, but spent a decade working in India. Between 2023-2025, Vaseem served as the Chair of the UK Crime Writers Association. In 2025, his first psychological thriller, The Girl in Cell A, was published, set in small town America.