{"title":"Kia Abdullah","description":"Kia Abdullah is a bestselling author and travel writer. Her novels include Take It Back, which was a Guardian and Telegraph thriller of the year; Truth Be Told, which was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards; and Next of Kin, which was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award and won the Adult Fiction Diverse Book Award in 2022. Abdullah has written for the New York Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times, The Times,  and the BBC, and is the founder of Asian Booklist, a non-profit that advocates for diversity in publishing and helps readers discover new books by British Asian authors.","products":[{"product_id":"perfectly-nice-neighbors-paperback","title":"Perfectly Nice Neighbors - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of my ten best reads of the year. Easy five stars.\" -- Lisa Jewell, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNone of This is True\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA twisty and consuming thriller, \u003ci\u003e Perfectly Nice Neighbors \u003c\/i\u003easks: \u003ci\u003eWhen your dream home comes with nightmare neighbors, how far will you go to keep your family safe?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Salma Khatun is hopeful about Blenheim, the suburban development into which she, her husband, and their son have just moved. The Bangladeshi family needs a fresh start, and Blenheim feels like just the place.\u003cbr\u003e Soon after they move in, Salma spots her White neighbor, Tom Hutton, ripping out the anti-racist banner her son put in the front garden. Avoiding confrontation, Salma takes the banner inside and puts it in her window. But the next morning, she wakes up to find her window smeared with paint.\u003cbr\u003e When she does speak to Tom, battle lines are drawn between the two families. As racial and social tensions escalate and the stakes rise, it's clear that a reckoning is coming . . .\u003cbr\u003e And someone is going to get hurt.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104865161439,"sku":"9780593713815","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/aKwknSAD2Z9780593713815.webp?v=1781111478"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/kia-abdullah.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}