A A Dhand

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A A Dhand
OccupationAuthor
NationalityBritish
EducationFulneck School,
West Yorkshire
GenreCrime fiction
Notable worksHarry Virdee series

A A Dhand (Amit Dhand) is a British crime-writer. His recent books are set in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford,[1] a former industrial city very much a shadow of its former self and rife with social deprivation, crime and complex inter-communal challenges.[2][3]

Early life and education

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Born in April 1979 and raised in Bradford from age two, the son of an immigrant corner shop owner,[4] Dhand was educated at Fulneck School, a boarding and day private school in the market town of Pudsey (near Leeds) in West Yorkshire. The School features in his novels. He graduated in 2002 with a Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) from the University of Bradford.[5]

Life and career

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Dhand worked as a pharmacist in London before returning to his hometown to start a pharmacy business and write books.[6]

He is now a regular contributor to a number of British Asian and crime writers' forums.[7]

Writing

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Dhand's first novel featured a character Ranjit Singh and is set against the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947; but it has been his more recent novels that have won him critical acclaim. These have featured the Bradford-based police detective Harry Virdee, a progressive British Sikh who struggles with his cultural identity and family loyalties. Race, violence and exploitation are on the agenda in the Virdee novels, and Dhand has not shied away from controversial issues of tension between British Asian communities. Dhand is fairly unique as he sets his protagonists (who are shaped by Asian culture) in a British setting.[8]

His novel Streets of Darkness was developed as a TV drama.[9] In August 2023, the BBC announced that the Harry Virdee books would be adapted into a six episode series entitled Virdee, with Staz Nair starring in the title role.[10] The series was released in February 2025, following a Red Carpet event in Bradford, attended by Dhand, Nair, Aysha Kala (who plays Virdee's wife, Saima), Vikash Bhai (who plays Virdee’s drug kingpin brother-in-law) and Danyal Ismeal (who plays Virdee's novice colleague).[11]

In April 2024, it was announced that Dhand had moved from Transworld to HarperCollins' imprint HQ, as part of a two-book deal. The books will be about a new character, Idris Kalia, a Leeds pharmacist involved in a turf war.[12]

Bibliography

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  Hardback Paperback
Title Publisher Date ISBN Publisher Date ISBN (p/b) Series Notes
Fields of Blood — Ranjit Singh Written in 2012-13. Although a winning entry in a crime-writing competition,[13] there is no indication that this was ever published.
Streets of Darkness Bantam Press 16 June 2016 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Corgi Books 23 February 2017 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). D.I. Harry Virdee
Girl Zero Bantam Press 13 July 2017 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Corgi Books 22 February 2918 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). D.I. Harry Virdee[14]
City of Sinners Bantam Press 28 June 2018 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Corgi Books 21 March 2019 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). D.I. Harry Virdee
One Way Out Bantam Press 27 June 2019 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Corgi Books 19 March 2020 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). D.I. Harry Virdee[15]
Darkness Rising — Corgi Books 20 February 2020 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). D.I. Harry Virdee This is a Quick Reads Initiative book[16]
Blood Divide Bantam Press 24 June 2021 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).) Penguin Books 14 May 2022 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Jack Baxi[17]
The Chemist HQ Books 22 May 2025 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). HQ Books 22 May 2025 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Idris Kalia[12] It was published in hardback and in paperback on the same day.
TBA HQ Books TBA TBA HQ Books TBA TBA Idris Kalia It was announced in April 2024 that this would be initially a 2-book deal.[12]

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