Rebecca Bradley

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Recently Read – The Chronicles of St Mary’s

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Today I’m going to talk about an entire series I’ve read, rather than just one book. And that series is the St Mary’s Chronicles by Jodi Taylor. The Chronicles of St Mary’s by Jodi Taylor Behind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Mary’s, a different kind of historical research is taking place. They don’t do…

The 3 Books of Louise Voss

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I’m thrilled to welcome crime author Louise Voss to the blog today. Louise has had eleven novels published over her writing career– five solo and six co-written with Mark Edwards: a combination of psychological thrillers, police procedurals and contemporary fiction. Her twelfth, THE OLD YOU, will be out in May 2018, published by Orenda Books.…

Recently Read – Blue: A Memoir by John Sutherland

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Blue: A Memoir – Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces by John Sutherland Genre; Memoir ‘Every contact leaves a trace’ John Sutherland joined the Met in 1992, having dreamed of being a police officer since his teens. Rising quickly through the ranks, and compelled by the opportunity to make a real difference to people’s…

Writing Crime – How Quickly Can You Progress Through The Rank Structure?

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Last week we had a post on Training to be a police officer, the week before that, Training to be a Detective and it got me to thinking about how long it would take your officer to become the DI, DCI they were (you may well be writing from the point of view of a lower rank…

Recently Read – Unbroken: My story of survival from 7/7 Bombings to Paralympic success

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Unbroken: My story of survival from 7/7 Bombings to Paralympic success by Martine Wright By turns heart-breaking and heart-warming, Unbroken is the remarkable true story of a woman who turned trauma and tragedy into hope. The autobiography of 7/7 bombings survivor and GB Paralympian, Martine Wright.  On the morning of 7th July 2005, Martine Wright’s life changed…