Policing – A complicated subject for writers

Bas-relief of Ancient Rome vigiles by Carlo Sorgi (1941) at the Italian National Firefighters Training School

When I wrote a post about Ancient Roman law enforcement, I discovered how complicated the system was. Vigiles were principally firefighters but carried out policing duties as well and cohortes urbanae were heavy duty riot police. They’d […]

Vive Roma Nova!

In October, I was interviewed by the regional press La Nouvelle République. As soon as I received the email from the reporter, I dashed into town to grab a paper copy.

Now I expected an eighth page at the bottom of the page. I’m an English author writing in English , even though I’ve lived […]

A new look for Double Identity

With Double Pursuit, the sequel to Double Identity coming out in October, I asked Jessica Bell Design to tweak the cover of the first book to match the fabulous new design for Double Pursuit. That will be on this site very soon!

Mel has a strong personality, so I thought she should come out of […]