Graham Bartlett

Graham was a UK police officer for thirty years, where he rose to become a senior detective and Brighton and Hove’s police commander. Since retiring, he has become a police procedural and crime advisor helping authors and TV writers (including Peter James, Mark Billingham, Elly Griffiths and Dorothy Koomson) achieve authenticity alongside their drama.

Graham is a crime writing mentor and runs a series of popular and successful online crime courses.  He is a best-selling crime writer of non-fiction crime books, Death Comes Knocking and Babes in the Wood and he is also the author of the Chief Superintendent Jo Howe crime fiction series: Bad for Good, Force of Hate and City on Fire.

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