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The included front matter highlights author background, including pharmaceutical training and experiences with drugs and street stories that inspired The Chemist and The Kingpin. Extensive praise underscores multi-layered drama, believable human conflict, and the blurring of hero and villain. Publishing and legal notes define the edition details and reaffirm the work’s fictional nature, rights, and restrictions.","Praise for A. A. Dhand  \n‘Outstanding – relentless, multi-layered suspense and real human drama’  \nLee Child  \n‘Timely, and a compulsive page-turner ’  \nLiz Nugent, author of Strange Sally Diamond  \n‘Genuinely gripping’  \nThe Times  \n‘I doubt I’ll read a better thriller this year ’  \nM. W. Craven, author of The Curator  \n‘Dark, daring and utterly propulsive …blurs the lines between hero and  \nvillain’  \nKia Abdullah, author of Those People Next Door  \n‘Terrific …dispensing thrills and tension from start to finish’  \nTrevor Wood, author of The Man on the Street  \n‘With an authentic voice, relentless tension and high-octane action, this will  \nhave you hooked’  \nCrime Monthly  \n‘A gritty, brilliant read’  \nThat’s Life Monthly  \n‘Adrenaline-filled, dark and propulsive, this fresh thriller will keep you  \nturning the pages’  \nPlatinum  \n‘Gritty and fast-paced, this was brilliant and is the first book in a new  \nseries’  \nPrima  \n‘A brilliantly chilling thriller set in the north, this gritty read is packed full  \nof suspense’  \nHeat  \n‘This is exemplary North of England urban noir ’  \nCrimetime  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAbout the Author  \nA. A. Dhand is the Sunday Times bestselling author of several novels and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. The Chemist was an instant Sunday Times bestseller, and his DI Harry Virdee novels have been adapted for TV by the BBC. 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.  \nAs 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 and The Kingpin.  \nFor more information follow him on Instagram @aa dhand  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAlso by A. A. Dhand  \nThe Chemist Streets of Darkness Girl Zero City of Sinners One Way Out Darkness Rising The Blood Divide  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright  \nHQ  \nAn imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.  \n1 London Bridge Street  \nLondon SE1 9GF  \n[www.harpercollins.co.uk](www.harpercollins.co.uk)  \nHarperCollinsPublishers  \nMacken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper,  \nDublin 1, D01 C9W8, Ireland  \nThis edition 2026  \nFirst published in Great Britain by HQ 2026  \nCopyright © A. A. Dhand 2026  \nA. A. Dhand asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nThis novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author ’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or  \nlocalities is entirely coincidental.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.  \nWithout limiting the exclusive rights of any author, contributor or the publisher of this publication, any unauthorised use of this publication to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is  \nexpressly prohibited. HarperCollins also exercise their rights under Article 4(3) of the Digital Single Market Directive 2019/790 and expressly reserve this publication from the text and data mining  \nexception.  \nSource ISBN: 9780008645908 E-book Edition © July 2026 ISBN: 9780008645885 Version 2026-05-26  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nCover  \nPraise for A. A. Dhand  \nAbout the Author  \nAlso by A. A. D","cbCaigdFIdwHR9YC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigdFIdwHR9YC","pdf",4415916,10,367,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## Praise for A. A. Dhand\n## About the Author\n## Also by A. A. Dhand\n## Copyright\n## Contents\n## Part One\n## Chapter One","[{\"question\":\"What author background is highlighted for A. A. Dhand in the document?\",\"answer\":\"The document explains that A. A. Dhand is a Sunday Times bestselling author, trained as a pharmacist, and inspired by observing Bradford and the stories around drugs and maverick drug deals. 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