Category: Article
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Writing is an Addiction
I have an addiction to writing. In the back of my mind, I have to be writing if I’m to call myself a writer. It’s as simple as that. I have recently finished writing Take You Home, the third book in my Detective Inspector Angelis Trilogy. As soon as I wrote the last words to…
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Special Constables
I’ve had a couple of friends asking me about my role as a Special Constable, so this may be of interest. Special Constables – A Quick History The Statute of Winchester (1285) was the first known legislation that created part-time Parish Constables (Sussex term: ‘Bozzlers’) from the local community to keep the law. In 1673…
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Police Procedure In Fiction – As Seen on TV
Suspending Disbelief Writing crime fiction is a balancing act. We have to keep the reader gripped with fast-moving, gripping action keeping within a framework of believable police procedure. A large proportion of police work is dull in real life. For instance, we rarely see on TV the hours of ‘paperwork’ that need to be done…