Today’s post is an extremely short post because there isn’t a lot to say about it, but it is an important part of books and one that is very often misrepresented. As you know I offer a consultation service where I can answer questions or do a full manuscript read-through to check everything is correct. This […]
Writing Crime – The Police Disciplinary Process
We’ve been looking at the promotion process in the police, but what about the disciplinary process. This one is a real pet hate of mine. Reading books where a supervising officer threatens to demote, get the officer sent back into uniform or worse, kicked out of the job. As though they can single handidly do […]
New Police Procedural Fact Checking Service
As you can see from the title of this post I am starting a police procedural fact checking service available to all crime writers setting their work in England or Wales as Scotland and Ireland have different procedures and laws. Are you writing a UK based novel and want to check out some facts before […]