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 […]

“Let me entertain you” with Double Pursuit

I write because I want to entertain and intrigue people. I love telling a story and doing puzzles. Today, I’ve published my eleventh fiction book.

That’s enough about me!

But I do hope you find Double Pursuit entertaining. It isn’t the ‘Great British Novel’ although I hope it’s a bit more than a fluffy wham-bang […]

Mel and the Mediterranean

Avenue Foch, Montpellier (Photo: Jonaslange CC Commons Wikipedia)

(There is Roman stuff.)

Mel/Mélisende does a lot of travelling round in Double Pursuit, often on the TGV (train grande vitesse) the high speed train famous in France.

At a critical stage, she has to interview ‘a person of interest’ in Montpellier, a beautiful city, […]