Omar Shahid Hamid announces new novel titled 'The Fix'

Pakistani author and former senior superintendent of Sindh Police Omer Shahid Hamid has revealed the name of his new novel.

Taking to Twitter, the former cop shared an image of the book jacket with the caption, “Coming Soon, The Fix.”

A description of Hamid's latest book reads, "Will the profusely talented Sanam Khan’s rise to the pinnacle of world cricket be interrupted by the bookies and the powerful match-fixing mafia."

"Ever since she was fifteen years old, the talented Saman Khan has only had one dream — to win a world cup for her country. Now, thanks to her own efforts as the captain, her team of talented misfits in the Pakistan Women's cricket team stand on the verge of realising that dream," the description reads.

It further reads, "But fate intervenes, and the team's success attracts the great corruptors of the sport, the match-fixing syndicates that captured the men's team two decades ago. Will Saman and her girls succeed where the men failed, or will history repeat itself? "

Hamid’s first novel The Prisoner (2013), inspired by the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015. His second novel is The Spinner’s Tale (2015). His third novel, The Party Worker was released in 2017.