What Police Work Really Looks Like in Crime Fiction

Mystery & Crime • Research & Forensics
2017
Featuring Brent W. Warberg, Chuck Ambrose, Ernest Lancaster, Jackie Moore, Jan Walters

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Brent W. Warberg, Chuck Ambrose, Ernest Lancaster, Jackie Moore, and Jan Walters draw on their careers in law enforcement to show how crime fiction really works. They discuss police culture, investigative procedure, and the small details that make fictional cases feel authentic and believable on the page.

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