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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

Influences

Nicci French, Minette Walters, EV Thompson, Jeffrey Deaver,
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July 2012

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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: 4.31 · 12,839 ratings · 575 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mark (The Working Girls #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,804 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 — 1,313 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 — 1,146 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 — 1,055 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 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 4.43 avg rating — 931 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 — 911 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 — 830 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 — 715 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 — 791 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 — 4,495 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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