I’ve been involved with crime for over thirty years now. My first brush with the law came aged 12 when I was hauled in to the headquarters of Kent Constabulary.
The record shows that my first successful venture into crime writing was an illustrated history of crime and punishment going back to Saxon times
I still can’t be sure whether it was the trip on the skid pan, the ride on the police launch or the blood stains on the murder weapons in the police museum that left me with a fascination for all things criminal.