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Graham Bartlett

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in The United Kingdom

Website

https://policeadvisor.co.uk

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Genre

Crime, Fiction, Nonfiction

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I am a best-selling author and crime and police procedural advisor to fiction and TV writers.

I was a police officer for thirty years and mainly policed the city of Brighton and Hove, rising to become a Chief Superintendent and its police commander. I started writing when I left the police in 2013 and, almost by accident, became a police procedural and crime advisor, helping scores of authors and TV writers (including Peter James, Mark Billingham, Elly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz, Ruth Ware, Claire McGowan and Dorothy Koomson) achieve authenticity in their drama.

I run online crime writing workshops and courses with the Professional Writing Academy and deliver inputs to Masters programmes at the University of Cambridge and the University of E ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 2,132 ratings · 378 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Babes in the Wood 4.07 avg rating — 877 ratings — published 2020 — 12 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
	Bad for Good 3.90 avg rating — 594 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Death Comes Knocking: Policing Roy Grace's Brighton by Graham Bartlett (Goodreads Author), Peter James (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 309 ratings — 8 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
	Force of Hate (DS Jo Howe #2) 4.40 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	City on Fire (Jo Howe #3) 4.54 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2024 — 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

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