What Police Work Really Looks Like in Crime Fiction

Categories: Forensics | Medium | Police

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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