Vaseem Khan
@VaseemKhanUK
Author, Q novels (from Bond franchise) & Malabar House & Baby Ganesh agency series. Cricket mad @AuthorsCC @RedbridgeCrkt. UCL Security & Crime Science.
Cover reveal time ... So here's the final cover of QUANTUM OF MENACE ... and a very special @waterstones edition. Finally, we get to discover the real Q, in a mystery set in his home town, after he is ousted from MI6. Get your pre-orders in now. This is going to be a hot ticket.
Following a tech boffin investigating the death of his friend after being ousted from his job at MI6, QUANTUM OF MENACE is @VaseemKhanUK's deliciously witty James Bond spin-off centring on one of Ian Fleming's most beloved characters. Signed Edition: waterstones.com/book/quantum-o…
Q memo #7- INVASION OF THE KILLER ROBOTS- puzzle & prize to be won. Latest in a series of memos from the desk of Q, head of Q Branch, from Bond franchise. (Memos written by yours truly). QUANTUM OF MENACE out 23rd Oct - enter Q's latest brain teaser: gleam.io/hpPsk/quantum-…

A lively stand at the @TheakstonsCrime festival for QUANTUM OF MENACE, the first 'Q' novel. Roped in @ellygriffiths to shout at the enormous queue to pre order the book. Then she insisted on buying me an ice cream. That's class. Also... nobody says no to Elly. So preorder now...

Liking the new sign at the @TheakstonsCrime festival. Just in case we forgot we were in Harrogate.

Arrived early at The Old Swan in Harrogate for the @TheakstonsCrime festival. Tried writing until @stevemosby decided to make it weird... Setting the tone for the days to come.

Last week at @The_CWA Daggers... handing the chairing mantle to new Chair, the brilliant Nadine Matheson & then 'stabbing' Mick Herron in the back with the Diamond Dagger, as I handed it to him for lifetime achievement in crime & thriller fiction. Pic stolen from @craigsisterson!


Q memo #6- THE DEATH OF M - with puzzle & prize to be won. The latest in a series of memos from the desk of Q, head of Q Branch, from Bond franchise. (Memos written by yours truly). QUANTUM OF MENACE out 23rd Oct - 1 day left to enter Q's brain teaser: tinyurl.com/2yumc55n

Two recent crime reads I've really enjoyed. Both beautifully written, both using the local environment as a canvas. THE NIGHT LAGOON by @JoMoreyWriter (great debut!) and OUR LAST WILD DAYS by Anna Bailey.

Speaking recently at @Soc_of_Authors launch of the Author Care toolkit...It's a tough industry. The toolkit encourages much needed dialogue, between authors & agents, publishers, publicists. No simple solutions, but honesty & an understanding of constraints- on both sides- helps.

Do you like a good audiobook? THE GIRL IN CELL A is currently in an Apple Audiobooks deal for just £4.99 - BUT ONLY UNTIL THE END OF JUNE. Psychological thriller-meets-murder-mystery-meets-twisted-family-saga set in small town America. Order here: books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/t… ....

Along with crime/thrillers I'm usually reading other things. Currently these two. Enjoying both, though obv they are very different.

A shiny award! CITY OF DESTRUCTION, the fifth in the Malabar House series, wins best historical crime novel at the @CapitalCrime1 Fingerprint Awards. Thank yous all round :)


Playing in a match for the @AuthorsCC versus an Artists XI on the weekend I was intrigued by this bat wielded by one of our opponents. He said it was a century old! I have to say, at times, running around in the field, I felt older than the bat. (For the record: Authors won.)


Busy weekend at @CapitalCrime1 coming up, including this main stage session with @MWCravenUK talking all things Bond & Q. I'll be chatting QUANTUM OF MENACE, the first Q mystery & Mike: JAMES BOND AND THE SECRET AGENT ACADEMY. If u know us, u know this will be a riot. Be there.

Praise for THE GIRL IN CELL A continues to roll in - Daily Mail: ‘Beautifully structured and peopled with unforgettable characters, this is story-telling of the highest order: do not miss it.’ If you'd enjoy a meaty crime saga set in small town USA... vaseemkhan.com/the-girl-in-ce…
