As the assistant to Minister for Sport Della Winn, Aamir Mallik is officed in the House of Commons with Della’s husband, Geraint. In his mid-twenties, he is described as being “a tall young Asian man wearing thick-lensed glasses.” Aamir is highly intelligent, having taken a first in politics and economics at the London School of Economics. His is an aloof personality, and Robin finds him to be a formidable impediment in her undercover work. He’s immediately suspicious of her when they first meet.
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Della has taken Aamir under her wing due to his being alienated from his working-class Muslim family and dismissed from the graduate training program at the Foreign Office. Not only has Della given him a job, but she’s also allowing him to live rent free in the three-bedroom house where her and Geraint’s mothers previously lived. It’s located in close proximity to the Winns’ current home.
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Through recordings obtained by surveillance devices planted in Geraint and Aamir’s office, Strike and Robin learn that Aamir is being pressured by Geraint to get photos from Sir Christopher Barrowclough-Burns that will incriminate Jasper Chiswell.
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