Joffe books lands three thrillers from retired detective Bradley

Joffe Books will publish detective-turned-novelist Rebecca Bradley's "gripping" thriller Blood Stained in spring 2021, as the first book in a new series. 

Managing editor Emma Grundy Haigh acquired world English-language rights to three books from Hannah Weatherill at Northbank Talent Management. Film/TV rights are being handled by James Carroll at Northbank Talent Management.

The Sheffield-set crime series will follow DI Claudia Nunn. In Blood Stained, the "straight-laced" detective is confronted with a devastating dilemma when her father's wife, an undercover cop, goes missing, she must clear his name or face up to the idea that her father could be a murderer.

Grundy Haigh said: "Rebecca Bradley is a thrilling voice in commercial crime fiction. Her insider knowledge of policing delivers unerring authenticity to this new series, but it's her compelling narrative voice that immediately hooked me in, and I knew straight away we needed Rebecca to join the Joffe Books list. Blood Stained is a dark, twisty and utterly compulsive page-turner that will be devoured by fans of Rachel Abbott and Lisa Reagan."

Bradley was medically retired from the police after 15 years of service, finishing as a detective constable on a specialist unit.