Writing the Investigator: Designing the Perfect Crime Investigator

Bruce Robert Coffin, James L’Etoile, K.L. Murphy, Marcy McCreary, Michael Bradley, and Royce Wilson explore the many forms an investigator can take. They discuss how their characters were created, what separates the major subgenres, and how to write investigators who feel flawed, human, and convincingly real.

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