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Heather Burnside

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Born

Manchester, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.heatherburnside.com

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Genre

Crime, Thriller, Suspense

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Nicci French, Minette Walters, EV Thompson, Jeffrey Deaver,
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Heather Burnside is a Manchester based author whose novels are set in her home city. She has published fifteen gritty urban crime novels to date most of which have become Amazon Category Bestsellers.

More recently Heather has written two psychological thrillers, which will be published in 2026. She is currently working on her third psychological thriller.

Before writing novels, Heather completed a creative writing course. During that time, she had various articles published in well-known UK magazines and went on to run a writing services business.

Her novels include: The Riverhill Trilogy, The Manchester Trilogy, The Working Girls Series of five novels, and four standalone novels.

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Average rating: 4.25 · 14,330 ratings · 671 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mark (The Working Girls #1) 4.25 avg rating — 1,836 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born Bad (Manchester Trilogy #1) 4.04 avg rating — 1,348 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruby (The Working Girls #2) 4.37 avg rating — 1,170 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guilt: A totally addictive and gritty crime thriller (A Working Girls Series Spin-off)! 4.40 avg rating — 1,073 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Gangster's Grip: A Gritty Gangland Thriller Filled with Power, Betrayal and Deadly Consequences (The Riverhill Trilogy Book 2) 4.29 avg rating — 1,039 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackmail 4.44 avg rating — 960 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Ties (Manchester Trilogy #2) 4.26 avg rating — 934 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crystal (The Working Girls #3) 4.36 avg rating — 849 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amber: An absolutely gripping and gritty crime thriller 4.46 avg rating — 733 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slur (The Riverhill Trilogy #1) 3.98 avg rating — 807 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Launch of The Nanny

I am pleased to announce that my first psychological thriller, The Nanny, will be published on 23rd June, and is already available to download from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4sFEge3. The Nanny has already received excellent reviews including those by established psych thriller authors.

Your child loves her. Your husband trusts her. Why don’t you?

Amanda Fitzroy thought she had everything un

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The Working Girls (4 books)
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Manchester Trilogy (3 books)
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“She presumed they thought they'd end up with their father, and she didn't have the heart to tell them otherwise. She vowed to herself that she would do so soon; it was only fair that they were forewarned. But it never seemed to be the right time to tell her girls that, not only were they going to lose their mother, but their father had rejected them too”
― Heather Burnside

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“That's where you're wrong, Sophie. Everybody needs family, real family, and nobody else can take their place”
― Heather Burnside, Sapphire

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“Prejudice didn't just occur amongst the middle classes; it was rife among the working classes too. Her old world had abandoned her and the new one wouldn't accept her. Loretta was stuck in the middle, in some kind of societal limbo where she no longer fitted into either group”
― Heather Burnside, Amber

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