You Don’t Know Me

Critics Review

• Timely, tense and original . . . Written with gritty authenticity, this is compelling and important

  Heat

• A daring concept executed to perfection, a hypnotic and authentic voice, and questions for us to answer as readers and people

  Lee Child

• A searing, heart-breaking, genre-bending crime novel that triumphantly reconfigures the traditional whodunnit into something remarkable

  RUTH WARE

• You Don’t Know Me is a brave debut by a barrister . . . an impressively original courtroom drama
  

  The Times

• A startlingly original courtroom drama . . . perfectly executed, gripping the reader from the first sentence with the defendant’s unique voice and not letting go until a surprising twist at the end. Mahmood is most definitely one to watch * * * * *

  Daily Express

• A bold and original courtroom drama, You Don’t Know Me heralds the arrival of a thrilling new voice in crime fiction

  Tim Weaver, Sunday Times bestselling author of the David Raker series

• You’ll never guess the ending

  The Sun

• It’s the voice that does it: edgy, conflicted, desperately urgent. A startlingly confident and deft debut

• You’ve never read anything quite like this

  Financial Times

• The defendant’s narrative is beguiling, philosophical, vulnerable

  Sunday Express

• An eye-opening, slick and compulsive thriller with an important message and unique writing

  Kidulthood and Adulthood

• This is an exciting first novel. To start with, it is highly original; what’s more, it is cleverly plotted and convincingly written in a voice obviously not the author’s own … I was left admiring this novel.

  Literary Review

• A must read for fans of Making a Murderer, Serial and those who like their crime fiction… edgy and provocative

  Book Riot

• A dazzling debut – authentic, funny, sad, sympathetic. I was utterly gripped. Rich in understanding of human nature, acerbic on the rights and wrongs of the justice system

  Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestselling author of Everything But the Truth

• A startlingly original debut from a criminal defence barrister, this story grabs from the very first sentence… utterly compelling throughout … it is a stunning idea superbly executed

  Daily Mail

• An original take on a courtroom drama that puts the reader in the position of the jury. Superb character-driven fiction. Masterful.
  

  Guardian

• [A] riveting debut … the defendant’s narrative voice is so beguiling – eloquent, cocky, philosophical and vulnerable

  Daily Express

• The best psychological thrillers that should find a place on your reading list this summer

  Fabulous Magazine Daily (The Sun)

• A bold and original courtroom drama, You Don’t Know Me heralds the arrival of a thrilling new voice in crime fiction

  Sunday Times bestselling author of the David Raker series

• Timely, tense and original… Written with gritty authenticity, this is compelling and important

  Heat