She can write compelling, page-turning suspense with the very best, but she adds heart to every page.

Move over DCI Jane Tennison, there’s a new kid on the block.’ Lancashire Evening Post on KILLING FOR KEEPS: ‘Brutal, shockingly realistic and satisfyingly unpredictable, this is a thrilling, chilling tale with a formidable star player and charismatic location, ideally suited to the small screen. Mike Craven: ‘Mari Hannah is in the uppermost echelon of British crime writers’ Time Out on THE MURDER WALL: ‘Hannah’s debut is heavy on the atmosphere as well as the specifics of a creepily icky criminal.’ The Times: Marcel Berlins lists DCI Kate Daniels as one of two Northerners to join the roster of top literary detectives. Lee Child: ‘Involving, sophisticated, intelligent and suspenseful - everything a good crime thriller should be.’ The Daily Mail on THE SILENT ROOM : ‘Taut storytelling and razor-sharp dialogue - not to mention Hannah's use of the Northumberland countryside - make this a novel not to be missed.’

Val McDermid: ‘Nobody understands the many faces of cops better than Mari Hannah.’ The Independent: ‘ satisfyingly dark and tense’ Mari Hannah writes with a sharp eye and a dark heart.’ The Times: ‘Hannah is especially good at portraying the emotional interactions and office politics of a fraught police force’ For any literary enquiries contact Oli Munson at AM Heath. THE DCI KATE DANIELS SERIES (Sprout Pictures)īlake Friedmann represents all media/film/tv rights in Mari’s books and original screenwriting projects. She is represented by Oli Munson of AM Heath for her literary work and her books have been published by Pan Macmillan and Orion fiction.Ģ020: WITHOUT A TRACE - Capital Crime’s Crime Book of the YearĢ017: Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the LibraryĢ013: THE MURDER WALL - Polari First Book PrizeĢ010: SETTLED BLOOD - Northern Writers' Award In 2019, she was Programming Chair of Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, the biggest of its type in the world. She went on to win the CWA Dagger in the Library 2017. Through this, her first Kate Daniels novel THE MURDER WALL was developed, which won her the Polari First Book Prize. Mari won a place on the BBC’s North East Voices Drama Development Scheme after pitching her original crime series. Mari’s career as a Probation Officer was cut short following an assault on duty.

She has written 13 books since 2010 and her work has been sold around the world and translated into other languages.īoth Mari and her partner have experience of working in the criminal justice system her partner is a former murder detective. Multi-award-winning author/screenwriter Mari Hannah is the creator of the Kate Daniels series of police procedurals, the Ryan & O'Neil and Stone & Oliver series.

The Murder Wall by Mari Hannah