To Serve, Protect, and Write: Cops Writing Crime Fiction - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0645266108 ISBN 13: 9780645266108

Publisher: Publicious Pty Ltd, 2022

Synopsis

Gritty and unflinching morsels of crime fiction rage across these pages. There's nothing warm and cosy here, but then that's not the reality of policing: cops deal with the darkest aspects of humanity and then have to live with that exposure. Some of those cops become writers.

 

When crime fiction is penned by authors who have worked and risked their lives as cops at the coalface, the stories that emerge deliver exquisite realism and brutally honest emotions.

 

The fifteen authors featured in this first-of-its-kind anthology have variously worn their uniforms and carried their badges across law enforcement in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, as they have served and protected their communities.

 

These short stories are as varied and vivid as the hard-earned experiences of their creators. The settings include the past, the present, and the future. The plots have murder aplenty, corruption, drugs, paedophilia, mental health, and suicide. The line-up of protagonists includes uniformed officers, detectives, and criminals, amongst others. The actions, the observations, the reminiscing, and the self-reflection of these fictional characters bring the reality of the police experience alive on the page. It is those brushstrokes of daily police life that bring a special and unique flavour to this assortment of crime fiction.

About this title

About the Author

A.B. Patterson was a Detective Sergeant in the Western Australia Police, working in paedophilia and vice, and later a Chief Investigator with the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption.His multiple award-winning, debut novel, Harry's World, introduced the jaded and flawed PI Harry Kenmare. Harry's Quest was the sizzling, award-winning sequel in the PI Harry Kenmare series of novels. The third novel, Harry's Grail, is a work in progress.His Harry Kenmare short stories, some previously published in the USA in Switchblade magazine, were gathered together for the first time in Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service.He has other short stories, all dark and mostly crime, published elsewhere.His hard-boiled, gritty, and noir writing style has been likened to that of Raymond Chandler and Ken Bruen.Find him at: www.abpatterson.com.au, and on social media.

Edition details

• Publisher: Publicious Pty Ltd
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0645266108
• ISBN 13: 9780645266108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206
• Editor: Patterson A B