Complications Always Ensue: A collection of essays on heist, caper, and confidence jobs in books, movies, and television

by Paul Bishop

412 pages, Paperback

Published June 17, 2026

About the author

A thirty-five year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, Paul Bishop’s career has included a three year tour with his department's Anti-Terrorist Division and over twenty-five years’ experience in the investigation of sex crimes. His Special Assaults Units regularly produced the highest number of detective initiated arrests and highest crime clearance rates in the city. Twice honored as Detective of the Year, Paul also received the Quality and Productivity Commission Award from the City of Los Angeles.

As a nationally recognized interrogator, Paul starred as the lead interrogator and driving force behind the ABC TV reality show Take The Money And Run from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Based on his expertise in deception detection, he currently conducts interrogation seminars for law enforcement, military, and human resource organizations.

Paul has published twelve novels, including five in his L.A.P.D. Detective Fey Croaker series. He has also written numerous scripts for episodic television and feature films. He currently writes and edits the Fight Card series of hardboiled boxing novel under the pseudonym Jack Tunney.

Reviews

[Rod Lott]

As the author notes, this collection of essays is not intended to be read start to finish, so I didn’t. But I did read it all, and often found the experience repetitive piece to piece (and sometimes within any given article). I plan to keep it on the shelves as a reference for heist movies, though, because every good cineaste’s library needs one.