For fans of crime fiction, your chance to hear from acclaimed writers AA Dhand and Russ Thomas about their latest Yorkshire-set crime thrillers.
In AA Dhand’s adrenaline-filled thriller, The Chemist, Bradford pharmacist and pillar of the community Idris Khan goes looking for his missing childhood sweetheart and finds himself in the middle of a turf war between two powerful Yorkshire drug cartels. Praise for AA Dhand: “Outstanding – relentless, multi-layered suspense and real human drama” Lee Child
Sleeping Dogs by Russ Thomas is a Sheffield-set police procedural novel with shades of Line of Duty – a cold case investigation with an element of police corruption. Written with Russ’s trademark wry humour, it’s a whodunnit with a clever twist. Praise for Russ Thomas: “An intriguing start to a new series, introducing a pleasingly misanthropic new hero” Observer
AA Dhand 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 his Harry Virdee novels and he has adapted the third book of these for a BBC crime drama series Virdee broadcast in February 2025.
Russ Thomas was born in Essex, raised in Berkshire and now lives in Sheffield. After a few ‘proper’ jobs (among them: pot-washer, optician’s receptionist, supermarket warehouse operative, call-centre telephonist, and storage salesman), he discovered the joys of bookselling, where he could talk to people about books all day. His highly acclaimed debut novel and first in the DS Adam Tyler series, Firewatching (2020) was followed by Nighthawking in 2021.
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Date: Thursday 15 May
Time: 7pm-8pm
Location: Cellar, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Queen Street, Huddersfield HD1 2SP
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