The Family Business: a Gritty British Crime Thriller Where Loyalty Demands Everything—discover How Far One Boy Will Go Street Boys: Shaqs Origins Book

SHAQ’S ORIGIN: BOOK 3 – THE FAMILY BUSINESSLoyalty isn’t a choice. It’s a debt paid in silence, secrecy, and blood.Eleven-year-old Shaq Khan has survived the bullies. He’s endured the training. He’s learned to stand his ground and stare down fear without flinching. But surviving the streets and entering the family business are two very different things.When Zee offers him a simple job—”Just be my lookout”—Shaq steps across a line he can never uncross. Twenty pounds. Forty pounds. Sixty pounds hidden under his mattress. Each job pulls him deeper into his brothers’ world of late-night deals, police close calls, and the counting room where stacks of cash tell stories that can never be spoken aloud.One lookout job. One police encounter. One moment of trust that changes everything.At school, Shaq is the transformed kid who made bullies back down. At home, he’s becoming something else entirely—an apprentice to the Khan family empire, learning the rules of a world where loyalty is currency, guilt is weakness, and survival means choosing your brothers over everything society says is right.PC Williams warned him: “Dealers destroy communities. That path leads to prison, violence, death.”But Raz’s answer cuts deeper: “The system doesn’t give us a choice. We survive however we can.”Caught between the boy he was and the man he’s becoming, Shaq must decide: Is he in or out? Because in the Khan family business, there’s no middle ground.Part of the Drummond Street Boys UniverseThe Family Business is Book 3 in Shaq’s Origin—the explosive prequel series that reveals how an eleven-year-old boy became the strategic mastermind behind the Drummond Street Boys empire. Set in parallel with the main Blood & Bottles saga, this is the untold story of Shaq’s transformation from victim to survivor to something far more dangerous.Perfect for readers who crave authentic, unflinching British crime fiction that explores the impossible choices made when poverty, racism, and family loyalty collide.Fans of Top Boy, The Wire, and gritty coming-of-age street lit will be hooked from page one.⚠️ Contains strong language, drug references, and mature themes.Read Book 1: The Egg and the Promise and Book 2: Fists and Yellow Pages first, or dive into the complete Blood & Bottles series to see where Shaq’s journey leads.Start reading now and discover how legends are born—one choice at a time.