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The gripping new thriller featuring DI Diana Walker: a gruesome murder leads Diana into the heart of Sheffield's seedy underbelly *Praise for Nina Bhadreshwar*'One of the most original and exciting new voices in crime fiction’ – David Peace‘Everything I love in a crime novel – passion,...
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The gripping new thriller featuring DI Diana Walker: a gruesome murder leads Diana into the heart of Sheffield's seedy underbelly
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The gripping new thriller featuring DI Diana Walker: a gruesome murder leads Diana into the heart of Sheffield's seedy underbelly
*Praise for Nina Bhadreshwar*
'One of the most original and exciting new voices in crime fiction’ – David Peace
‘Everything I love in a crime novel – passion, interesting and rooted characters and a great story’ – Ann Cleeves
'A complete page turner, tense and gripping, complex themes and a great heroine' – Reeta Chakrabarti
A BRUTAL MURDER
Sheffield detective DI Diana Walker is called to a gruesome scene – the charred remains of a man have been discovered, showing signs of torture. The body was abandoned on the wild moors of the Peak District, but he wasn’t killed there.
A LIFE GONE UP IN FLAMES
An arson fire in Sheffield reveals the site of another murder, this time of a young woman, and DI Diana Walker finds herself investigating two brutal killings.
A DARK TRUTH
When the victims' identities are revealed, Diana searches their seemingly mundane lives for answers. Surprising connections to Sheffield’s criminal underworld reveal webs of corruption at the city’s heart, and something far more deadly.
Praise for THE BURNT MOOR
'Dark, disturbing and deeply atmospheric, Nina skilfully immerses you in a shadow world of fear and violence' – Morgan Cry
'Bhadreshwar writes with a raw northern authenticity. A truly meticulous and atmospheric exploration of the Steel City and the haunting, bleak beauty of the surrounding moors' – Sean Watkin
'A police procedural with real moral weight: layered, socially charged, and rich with lived‑in detail. This is a book that, like its lead character, refuses to accept the easy answers' – Adam Oyenbanji
'Searing, propulsive and viscerally engaging; a phenomenal novel that explores the darker aspects of life and the world we live in' – Foday Mannah
'Nina Bhadreshwar has one of the most exciting voices in crime.' – Callum McSorley
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The gripping new thriller featuring DI Diana Walker: a gruesome murder leads Diana into the heart of Sheffield's seedy underbelly *Praise for Nina Bhadreshwar*'One of the most original and exciting new voices in crime fiction’ – David Peace‘Everything I love in a crime novel – passion, interesting and rooted characters and a great story’ – Ann Cleeves'A complete page turner,...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order
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ISBN: 9780008645748
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hemlock Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 600g
Pages: 448
About the Author
Nina Bhadreshwar was born in Ipswich and raised in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, during the Yorkshire Ripper years and the Miners' Strike. At nineteen, she trained and worked as a journalist at her local paper before setting up her own magazine, The Real State. Relocating to Watts, Los Angeles, following a tour with a Mexican-American theatre group, she covered the situation of the gangs post-truce and became the press officer and biographer of Death Row Records. She returned to the UK in her mid-twenties and re-trained as a teacher. Now, Nina is doing a PhD at Dundee University while writing her second novel. She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's Crime Fiction MA. The Day of the Roaring won Little Brown's UEA Crime Fiction award in 2022 and is her first novel.
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The Day of the Roaring
Everything I love in a crime novel – passion, interesting and rooted characters and a great story – Ann Cleeves Don't miss this award-winning debut crime thriller set in Sheffield introducing DI Diana Walker: A grisly murder has Diana questioning everything she knows, and secrets come to light that threaten to tear her world apart. Silence protects the victims… And...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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