Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a retired Detective Sergeant having served 30 years in the UK Police, during my service I helped investigate murders, rapes, robberies, major drug offences, child abuse and all manner of other criminality.
I have written 6 books to date with a 7th on the go as we speak.
5 of my books all have real life experiences behind them but fictionalized for obvious reasons. I have also written one short story.
I write under the pen name of Roger Rapel
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest published work entitled ‘Missing’ is as the name suggests about a missing 18 year old girl who goes out on the town with friends but never turns up, days,weeks and months go by. The anniversary of her disappearance arrives with all the trauma that causes.
CID become involved and the central character DS Jim Broadbent begins to look under stones and rocks seeking to unearth something that had laid hidden or missed; what he finds is sickening to him and others……………….
The story reminded me of when I was a rookie and was called on the radio to go and deliver a death message. I was told in training to get in and deliver it and get out, you have other work to do. I was also advised to get a neighbour to assist. Any I didn’t; I knocked the door, the woman looked at me and the mothers instinct kicked in, she stepped back her face dropped as her hand came to her mouth. ‘Oh no please no, no please don’t tell me please no.’ I went in and made the fatal mistake of holding out my arms as I gave the message that her son had been killed in an accident. She melted into my arms and a lump came up in my throat. For the next couple of hours I was useless all I could feel was her in my arms crying which kept bringing back the lump in my throat. I never did it again, you harden and put on an outside shell to protect you, but it was a lessen learnt
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I try to give the reader ability to work out conversations between two people, rather than he said she said, as long as the introductions are made at the start then the reader should be able to work that bit out for themselves.
Also I hate over embellishment perhaps my training, factual writing reports.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I like the impact books such as Chris Ryan
What are you working on now?
I have just finished another which is with my publisher Ravenswood Publisher entitled ‘Bad feeling’
this concerns a series of murders and the main suspect is eliminated by DNA but DS Broadbent has sixth sense which cases him a bad feeling about the suspect is he right………………??
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Through my Publisher , facebook, Tweeting
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing don’t dismay, I got turned by publishers 47 times before finding Ravenswood, take heart as it took JK Rowling 127 rejections before being accepted.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t write twenty words when ten will do
What are you reading now?
Martina Cole
What’s next for you as a writer?
My first book ‘Cindy where are you?’ has been written as film script and the script writers agent has read it and loves it and will be promoting it in April so here’s hoping.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
A couple of survival books and Chris Ryan books
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