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The Crime Writers' Guide to Police Practice and Procedure
Michael O´byrne
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Description for The Crime Writers' Guide to Police Practice and Procedure
Paperback. This new, fully updated edition is the essential detective in your pocket - something to reach for when your writing needs that short, sharp shock of modern-day investigating. Written with answers to these questions in mind, this is the essential guide to police procedures and practice written specifically for writers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
This new, fully updated edition of The Crime Writer's Guide to Police Practice and Procedure is the essential detective in your pocket - something to reach for when your writing needs that short, sharp shock of modern-day investigating. Every writer has paused at some key point in the development of their story to wonder what happens in real life. How would the murder in my story be investigated by the police? How far can I go without leaving holes in the plot? Can I use low count DNA to identify the killer? How does a cop react to a bloated ... Read more
This new, fully updated edition of The Crime Writer's Guide to Police Practice and Procedure is the essential detective in your pocket - something to reach for when your writing needs that short, sharp shock of modern-day investigating. Every writer has paused at some key point in the development of their story to wonder what happens in real life. How would the murder in my story be investigated by the police? How far can I go without leaving holes in the plot? Can I use low count DNA to identify the killer? How does a cop react to a bloated ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Robert Hale Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719816628
SKU
V9780719816628
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Michael O´byrne
Michael O'Byrne began his police career as a constable with the Royal Hong Kong Police. He then moved to the Metropolitan Police, serving in London's West End, Notting Hill and New Scotland Yard. After moving to Surrey, then to Thames Valley, he retired as a chief constable in Bedfordshire.
Reviews for The Crime Writers' Guide to Police Practice and Procedure
This is an easy, informative read that ...succeeds in its aim of helping writers negotiate the sometimes murky world of criminal investigations.' Crime Review 'If you are a budding Ian Rankin or Val McDermid but have never been in 'The Job', I advise you to read this book now and save your blushes when someone points out the glaring errors ... Read more