S. Hussain Zaidi

Step into the shadows of the Mumbai underworld with S. Hussain Zaidi, India’s foremost crime journalist and true crime author whose meticulously researched, grippingly written books have pulled back the curtain on the darkest corners of Indian organised crime, terrorism, and police encounters. A veteran investigative journalist who spent decades covering crime in Mumbai, Zaidi brings unparalleled access, insider knowledge, and a novelist’s eye for character and drama to his non-fiction accounts of the people and events that shaped modern India’s criminal landscape. His landmark work Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia is the definitive account of the rise of Dawood Ibrahim and the D-Company crime syndicate — one of the most powerful and feared criminal organisations in the world. Other essential works include Mafia Queens of Mumbai, the stories of the extraordinary women who ruled the underworld; Black Friday, the definitive account of the 1993 Bombay bombings; Byculla to Bangkok; and Headley and I, his account of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Essential reading for fans of true crime, Indian history, and investigative journalism.