Breakfast of Lies
What tactics do detectives use to catch criminals? It's all about unpicking their lies. Here's a true story of how a nasty criminal was undone when confronted with the truth.
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All change for terror targets: People not premises
As our security services and police became more proficient at spotting, in advance, those purchasing or acquiring the precursor materials for explosives - terror groups changed their approach.
Read MoreNew Year's Resolution?
In many ways, writing a book is rather like conceiving a child. The birth may feel difficult but is often the easy part! What follows are the sleepless nights and the tears when the book isn't doing what it's supposed to do.
Read MoreTHE TOP FIVE EXCUSES FOR NOT WRITING THAT BOOK... AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM
The comedian and author, Ben Elton, once said the key to writing a book is writing so much and so fast that you get to the point where even if you hate it, you’re loathe to tear it up and start all over again because you have so much material that it would make you weep...
Read MoreHOW WRONG CAN YOU BE?
I'd been working on the burglary squad on my borough for nearly three years. We were the best performing burglary unit in London and as a fresh-faced police officer in my twenties, I was proud to be part of the team. There was nothing anyone could teach me. I'd been there, seen it, done it, and bought the T-shirt.
Read MoreCRIME FICTION VERSUS CRIME FACT
As a former detective, I want my fiction to be as true to life as it can be. But I also want to be entertained, because in real life, investigating crime is rarely very glamorous at all.
Read MoreNEVER TAKE ADVICE FROM A MURDERER
Ken Livingstone's idea that the lead 7/7 bomber, Mohammed Siddique Khan, was so upset by government policy that he felt the need to murder people is absurd.
We are talking about a mass murderer akin to Fred West, Dennis Nilsen and Charles Manson - a psychopathic lunatic. Does anyone talk about what political decisions might have motivated those people to kill and murder scores of victims?
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