Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Streets of Darkness | 2016 | Detective Harry Virdee | Buy |
| 2 | Girl Zero | 2017 | Detective Harry Virdee | Buy |
| 3 | City of Sinners | 2019 | Detective Harry Virdee | Buy |
| 4 | Darkness Rising | 2020 | Detective Harry Virdee | Buy |
| 5 | One Way Out | 2020 | Detective Harry Virdee | Buy |
| 6 | The Blood Divide | 2021 | Detective Harry Virdee | Buy |
The Harry Virdee series by A.A. Dhand follows DI Harry Virdee, a Sikh detective in Bradford who was disowned by his family for marrying a Muslim woman. Each book puts Harry at the center of a dangerous criminal investigation while he deals with threats from both the city’s underworld and his own troubled personal life. The series began with Streets of Darkness in 2016 and ran through The Blood Divide in 2021.
What makes these books stand out in the crowded British crime field is how tightly the personal and professional are woven together. Harry is not a standard lone-wolf cop. His identity as a British-Asian man, his estrangement from his Sikh family, and his mixed-faith marriage all create pressure points that the plots regularly exploit. Bradford is drawn with sharp detail, and the crimes Dhand writes about feel rooted in real social fault lines rather than generic thriller setups.