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Ian Patrick

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http://www.ianpatrickbooks.com

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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After working as an actor, director and teacher in theatre, film and television, followed by a long academic career, Ian is now a full-time writer. His years as an actor, director and scholar play a modest part in his writing, he says. 'My fiction is based to the best of my ability on research and field work. I have to believe every word my fictive characters say, every action they undertake,' he says. Which explains why he has accompanied detectives to the front line, interviewed forensics investigators, taken courses on forensics, crime scene management, and DNA analysis, and spent many hours scouring actual locations for his crime scenes: many of them based on actual events.

'I endeavour to make my fiction plausible and authentic. It take ...more

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by Robert Galbraith (audio version narrated by Robert Glenister) I was once told by a teacher of writing that my intention to publish my own fiction pseudonymously was a very bad idea, and that ‘nobody’ would consider it a wise move for an author to write under a pen-name. I thought of Ibsen, Ferrante, Austen, … Continue reading The Ink Black Heart Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.33 · 1,037 ratings · 703 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Devil Dealing 4.07 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mashego File 4.32 avg rating — 165 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ryder Quartet 4.32 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plain Dealing 4.55 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gun Dealing 4.23 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Dealing 4.61 avg rating — 97 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Lines 4.56 avg rating — 79 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love in the Time of Covid: A memoir in 50 essays 4.33 avg rating — 70 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy Holidays Anthology by Andrew Christie (Editor), Laura M. Baird (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dean Baker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 2: by Ian

Feb 21, 2017 03:15AM

Sarah wrote: "Wow Patrick. Having checked out your profile I'm impressed!"

Thank you, Sarah. Very kind. I wanted to say: you mentioned somewhere that you wanted to do a GR giveaway. I heartily recommend it. When you're ready to go, I'll be happy to make suggestions regarding timing, duration, etc. One learns by mistakes in this business.

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message 1: by Sarah

Feb 20, 2017 09:19PM