Saima Mir talks to Paul Burke about the Khan trilogy, DELIVERANCE, Jia Khan, bringing up boys, patriarchy and toxicity in modern society, writing gangsters, optimism for the future.

DELIVERANCE: She makes the rules, and God help anyone who dares to break them…

Jia Khan has seized a power most only dare to dream of. In a world dominated by self-posturing men, she gave women a voice, and built a criminal empire that spans the globe. But now the time has come to legitimise her business. To protect the people she loves, she must escape the very chains her life was forged from.Freedom, however, is never easily won. Her blood runs too deep in the underworld, and powerful enemies have no intention of letting her walk away. When one of her own is murdered, the danger becomes more real than ever. Forced into uneasy alliances with those she once despised, Jia faces enemies pressing in from every side. Is her reign destined to end in blood? For Jia Khan, life has always been a fight, but this is the one battle she cannot afford to lose.

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Paul Burke is the editor of Aspects of Crime. His first book Spies on Screen is published this year.

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