The Crime Warp

It's great to have the chance to delve into the mind of Michelle Kidd's DCI Jack MacIntosh, so without further ado let's get grilling him. Tell us a little about Jack MacIntosh’s background Detective Inspector Jack MacIntosh is the central character in my DI Jack MacIntosh series (unsurprisingly!). He works for the Metropolitan Police. He is a character with many different facets. The main element of his background is that as a child aged 4 he witnessed the aftermath of his mother’s death by discovering her body hanging from a light fitting. Both he and his younger brother, Stuart, were then taken into the foster care system and were separated for much of their childhood and early adult lives. Jack fared well, joining the police force, but his brother wasn’t so lucky. I won’t spoil the story any more! The Fields of Wheat moment… What is the most rebellious thing Jack has ever done? In the fourth book in the series – ‘The Bishop’ – due for release in January 2021 – Ja...

Chopra grew up in a village in rural India, moved to Mumbai aged 17 to train as a policeman, and has spent 30 years as a police officer in the subcontinent’s ‘city of dreams’. He has seen everything in Mumbai, both the light and dark.  He is ambivalent about the new wealth flooding the country, and the influence of globalisation which has transformed places like Mumbai; he is particularly bothered by how vast inequalities persist in the city. He has been married to Poppy for 24 years; they are childless, but this has only brought them closer together. When a baby elephant arrives on their doorstep, at first Chopra has no idea what to do with it... but gradually a bond develops. The Fields of Wheat moment… What is the most rebellious thing Inspector Chopra has ever done?  Available here In the first book The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra , Chopra is forced into early retirement (he’s only in his late forties). On his last day, th...

In the dock today is B A Steadman's DI Dan Hellier. Here's a little background on the suspect DI Dan Hellier is in his early thirties at the start of the series. He grew up in the Exeter suburbs and attended local Exeter University, where he studied Geography, got bored and decided to join the police. He is keen, nervous, but a good-hearted, if quick-tempered man. The first book, Death and Deception begins when Dan arrives back home to Devon from his rising career in the London Met under a cloud – he assaulted the new boyfriend of his ex-partner. Rather than sacking a promising detective, the powers that be transfer him to Exeter. With a lot to prove, and still smarting from being dumped, Dan expects a peaceful time in his home city. That is the last things he gets.

On Detectives In The Dock today, please welcome Detective Gareth Gravel.  Created by the fabulous John Nicholl's, Gravel has left the comfort of Wales, to get a real grilling here on The Crime Warp in Bradford today ... and I so love a juicy grilling. His most recent novel  A Cold Cold Heart  was released in January 2018 and his next one,  White Is The Coldest Colour  is due for release on 28th February 2018. Read on to find out more ... Tell us a little about DI Gareth Gravel’s background. Gravel, or Grav as he’s known to all in the force, is an Available here old-school copper, who’s struggling to adapt to a chaging world. He thinks of himself as a dinosaur, the last of the Mohicans. A man who’s seen too much and heard too much. Grav’s worked in Wales for his entire life, drinks to excess, smokes too many cigars, bends the rules in the interests of justice, and has a scant regard for the new breed of management, who, in his opinion, ...

In The Dock today we have Mason Cross' very enigmatic character, Carter Blake and I for one am determined to get right under his skin and see what makes this character tick ...Over to Carter! Tell us a little about Carter Blake's background Carter Blake has a fairly mysterious background, although we’ve learned a bit more about him over the four books to Available  here date. At the start of the first book, we know nothing about him other than that Carter Blake is not his real name. As we start to get to know him better, we find out he has a history in special operations and a talent for finding people who don’t want to be found. He used to work for a shadowy project within the US military codenamed Winterlong, but now works for himself. The Fields of Wheat moment… What is the most rebellious thing Carter has ever done? The most rebellious thing he’s done has been to turn on his handlers when he realised they were up to no good. He managed to negotiate a ...