*The Sunday Times top ten bestseller**A Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month** Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award and The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger CWA award! **Pre-order The Kingpin now******Is revenge the most lethal dose of all?‘Without a doubt the best crime thriller I’ve read this year … A story of loyalties and despe...

Luther meets The Wire, this is the first Detective Harry Virdee novel'Outstanding - relentless, multi-layered suspense and real human drama make this a crime debut to relish' Lee ChildThe sky over Bradford is heavy with foreboding. It always is. But this morning it has reason to be - this morning a body has been found. And it's not just any body.Detective Harry Virdee should be at home with his wife. Impending fath...

'A character destined for television.' - Daily Mail'High octane drama from one of Britain’s freshest crime voices.' - Phil Williams, BBC Radio Five liveIt 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 po...

'A story as fresh as today’s newspaper headlines — and all the more potent for being so' Mail on SundayAnswering a routine call on the outskirts of the city, Detective Inspector Harry Virdee finds something he never thought he’d have to face – the cold body of his beloved niece.He’s immediately banned from working the case, but there’s no way Harry can walk away while the monster who killed his flesh and blood is still walking the streets. But befo...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA STEEL DAGGER 2020If Luther was set in Bradford...The government is firm, it does not negotiate with terrorists. But Detective Harry Virdee's wife has been taken hostage. He can see only one way out.'One of the most multi-layered policemen to have appeared in recent years' Mail on SundayIMMINENT SECURITY ALERT, LEAVE CITY PARK IMMEDIATELY.DCI Harry Virdee has just enoug...

A detective rings the doorbell in the middle of the night.He wants to ask Jack Baxi some questions. Jack fears the police have come to arrest him. But things quickly take a darker, more violent turn.He isn't here to solve a crime.Because soon Jack is tortured and left for dead, with a young woman he's never met before.He's here to commit a murder.Now, running for their lives, Jack and Aisha set out on a...

'One of the most multi-layered policemen to have appeared in recent years.' - Mail on SundayDetective Inspector Harry Virdee has a lot on his plate. His team is facing government cuts, tensions are building between Bradford’s two rival drugs gangs and his wife Saima is due to give birth any day now.So when bodies start turning up in the old industrial district, the pressure is on to get the case wrapped up as quickly as possible, or risk a full-sca...

'Outstanding' LEE CHILD on A. A. Dhand‘Dhand is a fearless writer’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Literally could not put this down … Immediately immersed you back into the gritty lives of Idris and co’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘An explosive and fast-paced thriller … The last page of the book left me wanting more. A five-star read for me’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐* * * *Two brothers. One empire. ...

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’ ObserverIt 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 fl...

Una ragazza asiatica nuda, impiccata con del filo spinato, viene ritrovata appesa agli scaffali di un’antica libreria. Il caso viene affidato a Harry Virdee, un detective della Squadra omicidi di Bradford, un tempo importante centro dell’industria tessile, prima che il suo rovinoso declino la trasformasse in un luogo degradato, attraversato da fiumi di droga, prostituzione, tensioni razziali tra immigrati e una povertà dilagante. Persino il matrimonio di Virdee – il detective è sposato con...

Un tempo Bradford era un centro importante dell’industria tessile, poi è iniziato il suo rovinoso declino, che l’ha trasformata in un luogo di degrado: una città in subbuglio, con fiumi di droga, prostituzione, tensioni razziali e una povertà dilagante. Harry Virdee è un detective della Squadra omicidi di origine indiana, un sikh che ha sposato una donna musulmana, causando una profonda e sofferta frattura con la sua famiglia d’origine. I numerosi omicidi, in quella che i giornalisti ormai...

'Outstanding' LEE CHILD on A. A. Dhand‘Dhand is a fearless writer’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Literally could not put this down … Immediately immersed you back into the gritty lives of Idris and co’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘An explosive and fast-paced thriller … The last page of the book left me wanting more. A five-star read for me’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐* * * *Two brothers. One empire. ...