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Cop It Write: The Crime Writer's Handbook
Angus McLean
For the first time ever, a New Zealand Police detective takes writers behind the scenes and gives the inside scoop on how it all works – the language they use, the duties they perform, a day in the life of a homicide and what it’s like to stare down the barrel of a gun.
Do you want to know how cops investigate a murder? What happens when a dead body is found?
How are detectives trained and what squads do they work on? What’s it like to witness an autopsy? What do PIs actually do?
For the first time ever, a New Zealand Police detective takes writers behind the scenes and gives the inside scoop on how it all works – the language they use, the duties they perform, a day in the life of a homicide and what it’s like to stare down the barrel of a gun.
What’s a 10-10 call? How do you interview a suspect who’s just murdered somebody? What’s a zoot suit?
It’s all here, laid out in detail with real-life case studies to show you how it actually works – not the text book version, not the way the DI wants it done, but how real detectives investigate.
The only way to get the procedures, the tactics, the lingo and the tone right, is to get the inside scoop – COP IT WRITE to give your crime writing the edge. From car chases and shootings to private investigators and covert ops, it’s all here.
Any crime writer will want to read this.
Angus McLean has over 30 years’ experience at the coalface of criminal investigations, finally hard-boiled down into one killer handbook.
Where to buy
Available Wheelers, Amazon and direct from the author at writerangusmclean.com
Cop It Write: The Crime Writer's Handbook
Angus McLean
For the first time ever, a New Zealand Police detective takes writers behind the scenes and gives the inside scoop on how it all works – the language they use, the duties they perform, a day in the life of a homicide and what it’s like to stare down the barrel of a gun.
Do you want to know how cops investigate a murder? What happens when a dead body is found?
How are detectives trained and what squads do they work on? What’s it like to witness an autopsy? What do PIs actually do?
For the first time ever, a New Zealand Police detective takes writers behind the scenes and gives the inside scoop on how it all works – the language they use, the duties they perform, a day in the life of a homicide and what it’s like to stare down the barrel of a gun.
What’s a 10-10 call? How do you interview a suspect who’s just murdered somebody? What’s a zoot suit?
It’s all here, laid out in detail with real-life case studies to show you how it actually works – not the text book version, not the way the DI wants it done, but how real detectives investigate.
The only way to get the procedures, the tactics, the lingo and the tone right, is to get the inside scoop – COP IT WRITE to give your crime writing the edge. From car chases and shootings to private investigators and covert ops, it’s all here.
Any crime writer will want to read this.
Angus McLean has over 30 years’ experience at the coalface of criminal investigations, finally hard-boiled down into one killer handbook.
Where to buy
Available Wheelers, Amazon and direct from the author at writerangusmclean.com