124: Getting the details right - with Kim Booth

<p>We all know how a crime is investigated don't we? After all, we've read enough books, watched enough TV cop shows and read the papers. Interviewing a suspect? We'd all give it a fair go wouldn't we? But would we? How quickly would we commit an elementary mistake of procedure or due process? How soon would a soon would a savvy lawyer unpick our case or cast enough suspicion on our evidence to have their defendant freed? Former Detective Inspector<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cruel-Deception-Kim-Booth-ebook/dp/B07MKXVWZC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Kim Booth</strong></a> is here to help authors get the key details right. An author himself, he knows how hard it can be to balance authenticity and dramatic licence in fiction. This is a fascinating interview, drawing on Kim's 35-year policing career during which he investigated every type of major crime and worked on cases that took him around the world. </p><br><p>Also this week, Adrian and Rebecca welcome a familiar face as the new chair of the Crime Writer's Association, announce a new Hobeck author, and they reveal how close AI came to recreating the magic of Sir Ian Rankin's <em>Rebus</em> novels...</p><br><p>For the episode show notes visit:<a href=" https://www.hobeck.net/hobcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.hobeck.net/hobcast</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cruel-Deception-Kim-Booth-ebook/dp/B07MKXVWZC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Cruel Deception eBook : Booth, Kim: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>