David Menon

Murder of the Unwanted: A Blackpool Crime thriller featuring DI Layla Khan David Menon

Blackpool is burning, and hate is the fuel

A devastating arson attack on a local hotel leaves fourteen asylum seekers dead. As far-right extremists celebrate the bloodshed, Detective Inspector Layla Khan hardly recognises her town. Plunged into a volatile investigation, tensions blaze when a white supremacist and an Afghan war hero are executed point-blank. Someone is profiting from prejudice, and Layla’s fight for justice pulls her into the darkest corners of Blackpool’s underworld. But with the community already crumbling and mass protests looming, it might be too late for the truth…

Can she save her divided town from an all-out war?