The Cotton Harvest

** UPDATED SECOND EDITION **
Manchester: England's Second City.

A migrant worker who disappears without trace... A human trafficker who boils his victims alive... A century-old blood sport returns to the streets...

Disillusioned police recruit Khorum Choudry is on the verge of quitting when the case of a missing Czech girl lands on his desk.

After a mutilated body is found, the junior officer is temporarily promoted to Greater Manchester Police's elite Major Incident Team

A brutal sex trafficker is the prime suspect. But Khorum isn't so sure that a strangely, secretive group aren't too blame.

His unofficial investigation exposes a brutal secret in the housing estates of Manchester, a corrupt property deal which could change the city forever, and the shocking truth about the missing woman he is trying to find…

AK Nawaz is a journalist based in Manchester and has written about extremism, racism, and identity in modern Britain. This is his first novel.

http://www.parallelpublishing.co.uk

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE COTTON HARVEST:

"... a gritty, assured debut thriller ... a convincing portrait of post-recession Manchester, with all its varied contradictions of wealth and poverty."
Manchester Confidential

"Despite its profusion of real-life crime, Manchester has been largely overlooked by crime fiction... until now. Strong characters, witty dialogue, and an urban landscape so gritty you could melt a Polar ice cap..."
Ben Black, author, Shooters: Guns and Gangs in Manchester in the 21st Century