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Harry Hindes

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Harry Hindes was born in West London in 1960, and after studying Geology at Exeter University, joined the Metropolitan Police in 1982. After a very active front-line career delivering 24-hour response policing, in 2001 he was head-hunted to create the Met's first Diversity Strategy in response to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report. In 2005 he was posted to the Anti-Terrorist Branch where he served on the investigations of the London bombings, the plot to bring down seven airliners using liquid peroxide explosives, the Alexander Litvinenko murder and many others. A very successful hostage and crisis negotiator since 2003, and a Master of Science in Psychology, he retired as a Chief Inspector in 2013.

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Harry Hindes Colleen, I have two complete books in my head, but sales of the Piano Room are so patchy, it isn't worth my while to commit them to words. I need to f…moreColleen, I have two complete books in my head, but sales of the Piano Room are so patchy, it isn't worth my while to commit them to words. I need to find a better way of marketing...(less)

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Harry Hindes The idea for the book slowly came together over about 10 years of seeing some nasty murder enquiries, one of which, where everyone suspected a single …moreThe idea for the book slowly came together over about 10 years of seeing some nasty murder enquiries, one of which, where everyone suspected a single serial killer/rapist, and a few of us suspected a pair (and were proved right many years later), made a lasting impression on me. Once I had started writing, the story took on a life of its own and loads of real policing incidents, car chases, mistakes, pieces of luck and apocryphal tales all got caught up in the mix. The inspiration for the savage ending came very late in the writing process, and I had to go back and put pointers in the plot.
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Hopefully the 10 lucky recipents of 'The Piano Room' have all received their copies. Let me know if it hasn't arrived! I know that the furthest one (New Zealand) has arrived safely on the other side of the planet...

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