The Glass Ceiling: Private Detective Ahmed Mystery Short Stories

By S. H. Miah

Private Detective Ahmed, the best case solver in East London who's always down on his luck.

 

An old friend visits Ahmed and his sidekick Yunus with a murder case to solve. As Ahmed delves into the mystery, things aren't as they seem.

The Glass Ceiling had been shattered.

But who broke it?

 

The first in a cracking new short story series by S. H. Miah, featuring tantalising mysteries with a dash of wit along the way.
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Muslim Fiction Project
• Release date: May 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223597421

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The Glass Ceiling

A Detective Ahmed Short Story

S. H. Miah

Muslim Fiction Project

Copyright © 2023 by S. H. Miah

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This publication is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

Contents

The Glass Ceiling

About MFP

About S. H. Miah

The Glass Ceiling

A Detective Ahmed Mystery Short Story

Wind whistled past the grimy window stained with hundreds of specks of dirt that marked the view into Detective Ahmed Hakeem’s dingy, darkened office. The night was in full flow, blackness swirling amongst the starless heavens, and Ahmed sat at his desk, glancing at the stack of bills for the next month. The taste of bankruptcy flooded his mouth—an unsettling tinge of dryness upon his tongue.

Nothing more today? his assistant, Yunus Amir, said, strolling through the bathroom door and slumping into his chair ten feet to Ahmed’s left. Yunus didn’t even have his own desk, instead stationing himself at a coffee table, with papers and files strewn all over the place.

As if there was anything in the first place,