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Heather Burnside

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Born

Manchester, The United Kingdom

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http://www.heatherburnside.com

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Genre

Crime, Thriller, Suspense

Influences

Nicci French, Minette Walters, EV Thompson, Jeffrey Deaver,
Val McDerm ...more

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July 2012

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Heather Burnside grew up in Gorton, a working-class area of Manchester famed as the original location for the TV series, Shameless. She moved from Gorton to a new housing development and spent her teenage years on one of the toughest estates in Manchester.

During the 1990s the estate became the headquarters for one of Manchester’s predominant gangs. It regularly featured in the local press due to shootings and drug-related problems. Heather draws heavily on this background as the setting for many of her novels.

After taking a career break to raise two children Heather enrolled on a creative writing course. During that time she had many articles published in well-known magazines and went on to run a writing services business before focusing o ...more

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Average rating: 4.31 · 12,771 ratings · 572 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mark (The Working Girls #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,795 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) 4.03 avg rating — 1,306 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 — 1,142 ratings — 5 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)! (The Manchester Thrillers) 4.39 avg rating — 1,050 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 (The Riverhill Trilogy Book 2) 4.28 avg rating — 1,020 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 — 924 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 — 905 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 — 826 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 — 711 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 — 790 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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Vengeance Publication Day

It’s publication day for Vengeance, my FIFTEENTH gangland crime novel and, I’m afraid, my last one for a while as I’m currently working on my first psychological thriller. Copies are available today in digital, paperback and audio format at: https://amzn.to/3v7u8lO.

WILL JUSTICE BE SERVED?

Hannah Conway overhears a lot while working behind the bar of a nightclub – friendly gossip, lovers quarrel

Series by Heather Burnside

The Working Girls (4 books)
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4.34 avg rating — 4,474 ratings

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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