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A.A. Dhand, Sunday Times bestselling author and Bradford’s own, returns with The Kingpin, the follow-up to The Chemist.
When Idris Khan’s estranged brother walks out of prison and back into his life, the offer he brings will force Idris to make the hardest choice of his life. Raised in Bradford and trained as a pharmacist, Dhand draws on a world he knows intimately.
Join him to hear about the inspiration behind The Kingpin, the moral complexity at its heart and what it means to write crime fiction rooted in a city he calls home.
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About the Author
A.A. Dhand
A. A. Dhand is the author of five previous novels and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His bestselling DI Harry Virdee novels are now a hit BBC drama. He 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 all his novels.
As a pharmacist, A. A. Dhand was surrounded by drugs, dealers, and incredible stories of maverick drug-deals, which on one hand blew his mind in their ingenuity, and on the other sickened him with how easily they preyed on the most vulnerable. His experiences inspired the writing of The Chemist .
About the Chair
Abir Mukherjee
Abir Mukherjee grew up in the West of Scotland. At the age of fifteen, his best friend made him read Gorky Park and he’s been a fan of crime fiction ever since. The child of immigrants from India, A Rising Man, his debut novel, was inspired by a desire to learn more about this crucial period in Anglo-Indian history that seems to have been almost forgotten. It won the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition and is the first in a new series starring Captain Sam Wyndham and ‘Surrender-Not’ Banerjee. Abir lives in London with his wife and two sons.
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