From Dubai to Karachi: The Dawood Saga Continues

S. Hussain Zaidi continues his long reporting project on the Dawood family, following the network outward from Mumbai to the cities where its money and influence settled. The book works as investigative non-fiction rather than dramatised crime writing. Zaidi traces the family's rise, the legitimate businesses layered over illegal operations, the political and law-enforcement relationships that shaped what could and could not be pursued, and the long shadow the syndicate still casts across South Asia. Sourcing and reconstruction carry the narrative, with attention paid to how organised crime becomes institutional rather than merely criminal. A closer look: • Reported non-fiction on one of South Asia's best known criminal networks • Coverage of trafficking, extortion and money-laundering operations • Attention to political protection and the limits of investigation • A sequel volume that extends the author's earlier underworld reporting Written for readers of true crime, journalism and South Asian political history. Published by Penguin Publications under the Ebury Press imprint and stocked at Boipoka.