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Darkness Rising

Detective Harry Virdee should be at home with his wife, but he's been suspended from work just as the biggest case of the year lands on what would have been his desk. He can't keep himself away . . . 
 
Luther meets The Wire in this gritty crime series set in Bradford.

City of Sinners

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Outstanding – relentless, multi-layered suspense.

The blood count is high but the novel deserves attention for its sheer inventiveness and unbridled energy.

AA Dhand’s excellent series about Chief Inspector Harry Virdee delves deep into the dark side of Bradford, exploring a city riven by racial tensions and devoid of hope.

A tense slice of neo-noir that has won Dhand comparisons to both BBC drama Luther and HBO’s The Wire.

High octane drama from one of Britain’s freshest crime voices.

DI Harry Virdee has established himself as a star anti-hero on the streets of Bradford, and Dhand’s brilliant creation doesn’t fail fans in this third book. . . Murder, drugs, racism… all this under the grim skies of West Yorks. Another winning read.

It is an ordinary Yorkshire morning, cold and miserable. 
 
The streets are not yet busy. Police cars hurriedly pull up in the centre of town, but none of their lights are flashing and the sirens are silent. 
 
A body has been found, elaborately and painstakingly positioned to send a message. But what message? And to who? 
 
It’s DCI Harry Virdee’s job to find out. But Harry doesn’t know that the killer is watching him, that the killer is coming for him. 
 
Because this is personal.

A gripping detective thriller, now a Major BBC TV series, starring Game of Thrones actor Staz Nair. 
 
‘Outstanding – relentless, multi-layered suspense’ Lee Child 
 
‘Fearless’ Sunday Times 
 
‘Tense’ Observer 
 
It is an ordinary Yorkshire morning, cold and miserable. 
 
The streets are not yet busy. Police cars hurriedly pull up in the centre of town, but none of their lights are flashing and the sirens are silent. 
 
A body has been found, elaborately and painstakingly positioned to send a message. But what message? And to who? 
 
It’s DCI Harry Virdee’s job to find out. But Harry doesn’t know that the killer is watching him, that the killer is coming for him. 
 
Because this is personal. 
 
Previously published as City of Sinners.

A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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