# Turn a Blind Eye

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- Book: [Turn a Blind Eye](https://www.bookquiver.com/vicky-newham/turn-a-blind-eye) ([Turn a Blind Eye.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vicky-newham/turn-a-blind-eye.md))
- Authors: [Vicky Newham](https://www.bookquiver.com/vicky-newham)
- Publisher: HQ
- ISBN: 978-00-0824-070-7
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2019-02-07
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN CREASEY DEBUT DAGGER AWARD 2019‘The first in a promising series’Sunday Times’Remarkable’ Paul Finch;‘Impressive’Daily Mail; A headmistress is found strangled in an East London school, the victim of a ritualistic act of violence. Found at the scene is a single piece of card, upon which is written an ancient Buddhist precept: I SHALL ABSTAIN FROM TAKING THE UNGIVEN. At first, DI Maya Rahman can’t help but hope this is a tragic but isolated murder. Then, the second body is found. Faced with a community steeped in secrets and prejudice, Maya must untangle the cryptic messages left at the crime scenes to solve the deadly riddle behind the murders – before the killer strikes again. Turn a Blind Eye is the first book in a brand-new series set in East London and starring DI Maya Rahman.