D.I. Harry Virdee
4 total works
'A story as fresh as today's newspaper headlines - and all the more potent for being so' Mail on Sunday
Answering 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 before he can find the killer, he must tell his brother, Ron, the terrible news.
Impulsive, dangerous and frighteningly well connected, Ron will act first and think later. Harry may have a murderer to find but if he isn't careful, he may also have a murder to prevent.
'This couldn’t be more topical if A. A. Dhand was handing you the freshly written pages as he watched the news. It’s hugely exciting, too.’ Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express
A bomb detonates in Bradford’s City Park.
When the alert sounds, DCI Harry Virdee has just enough time to get his son and his mother to safety before the bomb blows. But this is merely a stunt.
The worst is yet to come.
A new and aggressive nationalist group, the Patriots, have hidden a second device under one of the city’s mosques. In exchange for the safe release of those at Friday prayers, the Patriots want custody of the leaders of radical Islamist group Almukhtaroon – the chosen ones.
The government does not negotiate with terrorists. Even when thousands of lives are at risk.
There is only one way out.
But Harry’s wife is in one of those mosques. Left with no choice, Harry must find the Almukhtaroon, to offer the Patriots his own deal.
Because sometimes the only way to save lives, is to take them.
'One of the most multi-layered policemen to have appeared in recent years' Mail on Sunday
‘An author to keep an eye on . . . Dhand is a fearless writer’ Sunday Times
'A character destined for television' Daily Mail
'High octane drama from one of Britain's freshest crime voices' Phil Williams, BBC Radio Five live
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.
'Dhand is a fearless writer' Sunday Times
A DI Harry Virdee Thriller
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 Child
The 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 fatherhood should be all he can think about 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.
Determined to restore his reputation, Harry is obliged to take to the shadows in search of notorious ex-convict and prime suspect, Lucas Dwight. But as the motivations of the murder threaten to tip an already unstable city into riotous anarchy, Harry finds his preconceptions turned on their head as he discovers what it's like to be on the other side of the law...
Readers are gripped by Streets of Darkness:
***** 'Fast paced, this book kept me hooked the whole way through.'
***** 'A hard-hitting thriller that gets to the root of a city torn apart.'
***** 'I was hooked from the very first sentence. I can't wait to read more about this complex detective, his family and home town.'
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