Homicide detective work isn’t a schedule—it’s a constant state of readiness. Long hours, on-call nights, and cases that don’t wait for convenience define the job behind the badge.

Step into the real demands of solving violent crimes and the pressure that never truly clocks out.

Read more: https://www.davidthomasthegordianknot.com/homicide-detective-schedule-hours-on-call-case-load/

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Want more realism in your thrillers?
“Murder and Mayhem: Writing Realistic Injury (and How Hollywood Gets It Wrong)” looks at how injury and trauma actually work—and how to write it convincingly.
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Founded in 1994, Anthology is an Arizona based literary non profit promoting poetry, prose and art.

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Explore how investigators uncover truth in crime scenes through motive, evidence, and behavior — the real logic behind great mystery storytelling.

🔗 jeanneriedelbooks.com/how-investigators-uncover-the-truth/

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Unleash your inner detective 🔍 Dive into Solving a Murder Mystery: A Guide by Jeanne Riedel and sharpen your crime‑solving instincts! Read now: https://www.jeanneriedelbooks.com/solving-a-murder-mystery-guide/

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The latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast is a collaboration with Bloody Scotland – Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival. Alistair Braidwood speaks to the five shortlisted authors for this year’s McIlvanney Prize, awarded for the best Scottish crime book of the year.

https://www.scotswhayhae.com/post/the-swh-bloody-scotland-podcasts-the-mcilvanney-prize-finalists-2025

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The SWH! Bloody Scotland Podcasts: The McIlvanney Prize Finalists 2025...

The latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast is our latest collaboration with Bloody Scotland - Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival - where Ali spoke to the five shortlisted authors for this year's McIlvanney Prize which is awarded for the best Scottish crime book of the year.They include Tariq Ashkanani (The Midnight King), Liam McIlvanney (The Good Father), Callum McSorley (Paperboy), Denise Mina (The Good Liar), and Ian Rankin (Midnight And Blue).All the writers give a brief synopsis of the

Scots Whay Hae!

Currently on BBC Sounds: award-winning crime writer Denise Mina discusses her 20th novel, THE GOOD LIAR, which follows blood-spatter forensics expert Claudia O’Sheil as she faces a profound moral dilemma. Denise also shares the 3 key books that inspired the novel’s creation

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gd06

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BBC Radio 4 - Take Four Books, Denise Mina

Multi-award-winning writer Denise Mina discusses her new novel, The Good Liar.

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Bloody Scotland 2025
A Kick Up the Arts with Ian Rankin, Natalie Jayne Clark & Gordon Brown

Recorded at the launch of Bloody Scotland 2025, host Nicola Meighan is joined by Sir Ian Rankin, Bloody Scotland founder and author Gordon Brown – aka Morgan Cry – and writer Natalie Jayne Clark, whose new book The Malt Whisky Murders is shortlisted for the festival’s 2025 debut novel prize.

https://www.akickupthearts.org/blog-3-1/bloody-scotland-2025-with-ian-rankin-natalie-jayne-clark-amp-gordon-brown

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Bloody Scotland 2025: with Ian Rankin, Natalie Jayne Clark & Gordon Brown — A Kick Up The Arts

We’re in my hometown of Stirling in this episode, for the launch of the brilliant Crime Writing Festival, Bloody Scotland , which started back in 2012… I’m joined by this year’s guest programmer, Sir Ian Rankin, festival co-founder and author Gordon Brown, and debut novelist Natalie Jayne Clark…

A Kick Up The Arts

“You don’t just start trying to heelflip. Tricks build on other tricks. There’s a natural order, it’s like a branching tree. . To learn to heelflip you first need to be able to ollie.”

Callum McSorley – author & proud adult skateboarder – on “two to make it true”: facing your fears for one more try…

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/two-to-make-it-true-what-i-talk-about-when-i-talk-about-skateboarding/

#Scottish #literature #crime #crimefiction #crimewriting #writing #WritingCommunity #skateboarding

Two to make it true: what I talk about when I talk about skateboarding - The Bottle Imp

This isn’t a confession: I’m a proud adult skateboarder.  A 35-year-old grown man, married with children, with a job (sort of) and a house, and I love cruising about on a wee plank of wood with wheels on it. I love learning new tricks and I love the lingo – as an author, patter is, […]

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“To study Josephine Tey’s literary connections is to draw out a different picture of the inter-war & post-war Scottish literary scene: one that foregrounds women, & draws out forgotten areas of popularity”

Jennifer Morag Henderson uncovers the mysteries of Goldan Age crime queen Josephine Tey

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/josephine-tey-mystery-writer/

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Josephine Tey: Mystery Writer - The Bottle Imp

Josephine Tey is best-remembered today as a crime novelist. Born in Inverness in 1896, Tey was the author of eight crime novels, of which six feature her detective Inspector Alan Grant. Her book The Daughter of Time, a unique exploration of the historical mystery of whether Richard III killed the Princes in the Tower, was […]

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