The Reveal: A Scottish Crime short story

by Mark Ratcliffe

Overview

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Would your family murder you?

There's been a murder! Standard.

The family are suspects! Standard.

Detective Inspector Forest is investigating! Not standard. 

He isn't one for too much police procedure. It gets in the way of proper investigation!

Poor Mary is dead. Thrown from a window.  

Forest needs to find her killer, but he'd quite like a pint, and he really likes Detective Sergeant Senga McLean.

Can he solve the case, get the girl and sink a pint?

From the fans.

"...a fast-moving rollercoaster of how police investigations actually happen..."

"Gripping and funny."

"...deliciously dark humour combined with an edginess that made for a fantastically fast- paced thriller..."

Interview with the author.

So why crime fiction?

As a former UK police officer, police procedurals, mysteries and crime fiction were the obvious choices. I mean, who better to write thrillers about serial killers than someone who was in the life. As a cop, that is, not as a killer!

What spurred you on to write?

Well, there are many great British and Irish crime fiction writers, and the Scottish crime fiction market is burgeoning. As a boy, I was an avid reader. Mysteries and thrillers to begin with, before graduating on to crime fiction. When I eventually gave in to my burning desire to write, it was inevitable, given my police background, that detective fiction was the stand I'd hang my author's hat on.

How would you define your genre?

Humorous Scottish crime fiction. There are a multitude of fantastic police procedurals out there, with a lot of focus on the actual police processes, and there's a tendency to assume that murder fiction, noir crime, mysteries, thrillers, etc have to be serious books. But trust me, the reality is that murder detectives rely on their humour to get them through the day. Without it, they'd probably end up serial killers themselves.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162555544
Publisher:	Mark Ratcliffe
Publication date:	09/09/2021
Series:	Forest and McLean , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	202,271
File size:	432 KB

About the Author

Interview with the author.

So why crime fiction?

As a former UK police officer, police procedurals, mysteries and crime fiction were the obvious choices. I mean, who better to write thrillers about serial killers than someone who was in the life. As a cop, that is, not as a killer!

What spurred you on to write?

Well, there are many great British and Irish crime fiction writers, and the Scottish crime fiction market is burgeoning. As a boy, I was an avid reader. Mysteries and thrillers to begin with, before graduating on to crime fiction. When I eventually gave in to my burning desire to write, it was inevitable, given my police background, that detective fiction was the stand I’d hang my author’s hat on.

How would you define your genre?

Humorous Scottish crime fiction. There are a multitude of fantastic police procedurals out there, with a lot of focus on the actual police processes, and there’s a tendency to assume that murder fiction, noir crime, mysteries, thrillers, etc have to be serious books. But trust me, the reality is that murder detectives rely on their humour to get them through the day. Without it, they’d probably end up serial killers themselves.