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Harry Virdee books in order
Looking for A A Dhand’s Harry Virdee books in order? Look no further!
If gritty, urban, contemporary British crime drama is what you’re looking for then A A Dhand’s series is perfect for you.
Set in Bradford, it follows detective Harry Virdee, a British English Sikh investigator, as he tries to solve murders in a city divided by race, violence and exploitation.
Having been compared to TV dramas Luther and The Wire it’s no wonder the series has been adapted into a TV series for BBC One.
Here are A A Dhand’s Harry Virdee books in order.
A A Dhand’s Harry Virdee books in order:
Streets of Darkness by A A Dhand
1. Streets of Darkness (2016)
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…
Girl Zero by A A Dhand
2. Girl Zero (2017)
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.
Virdee by A A Dhand
3. Virdee – previously published as City of Sinners (2019)
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.
One Way Out by A A Dhand
4. One Way Out (2020)
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 Almukhtareen – 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 Almukhtareen, to offer the Patriots his own deal. Because sometimes the only way to save lives, is to take them.
The Blood Divide by A A Dhand
5. The Blood Divide (2021)
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 perilous journey from Bradford to Delhi to expose a dangerous organisation – and to save the lives of the people they love…
There you have it – A A Dhand’s Harry Virdee books in order! How many have you read? Let us know in the comments below…
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Absolutely excellent writer. Read all his books last year & pleased to see a t.v. drama is being filmed at the moment but who will play Harry Virdee i cannot imagine. Needs to b a strong character.
Please write some more Mr Dhand. Cant wait
Streets of darkness, gritty and a real page turner, I,ve ordered the rest cannot wait. I was born in bradford but came to Oz in 1961, went back in 2011 what a difference, these books highlight the changes.
I totally agree that his books are REAL page turners. My only gripe is that he uses The Lord’s name in sentences containing, or next to, the ‘F word’. I have been on his sight and mentioned this, also saying if this line of writing were used but using Hindu or Muslim deities, there would be a public outcry to say the least!