By Roger Rapel
Good questions,
some writers have to sit down and people watch then research their chosen
subject matter. Then seek inspiration to format the work into a readable
manuscript.
Just a little
about myself I spent 30 years in the UK police retiring as a Detective
Sergeant. Within that period I investigated many serious crimes including
murders, rapes, kidnapping and child abuse. I therefore have the subject matter
I write about already in my head, including the format without having to
research and check on procedural aspects.
In that respect
I am lucky, whilst I continue to write about crime and the investigative
aspects I can use recall to put pen to paper so to speak.
Whilst in the
police when concluding investigations I was required to submit thorough reports
highlighting the pertinent points to prove a case. This included evidence
gained from a scene, exhibits photographs etc. all these had to be placed in
chronological order so they were able to prove the case.
It is with that
chronological case handling procedure that I write my books. In some respects I
lack the embellishment skills of some writers and prefer to keep the themes I
write about moving at a fast pace. I have read some books where the
embellishment was so long and out of context that they became boring, causing
me to lose interest.
I try to make my
books interesting to the reader by creating a character that is the centre of
the investigations. Detective Sergeant Jim Broadbent is a hard working beer
drinking, womanising individual. I wanted to get away from the saintly
detective with a halo around his head whilst sat on his white charger as he
fights crime. By creating his persona I selected a few personalities and
moulded them into Broadbent. Am I in there? I plead the Fifth Amendment on that
question. The police the same as other frontline workers have a defence
mechanism of humour and alcohol to reduce the stress from what they see and
deal with.
By creating this
love or hate him character it leaves the reader to use his discretion when
reading as to whether they agree or disagree with how Broadbent leads his life.
But what Broadbent does do, is fight crime to the detriment of his marriage due
to his long hours and dedication.
In my latest
book ‘Retribution’ Broadbent is called to a suspected murder scene where the
body of man so badly beaten his face is reduced to pulp and unrecognisable. The
investigation takes Broadbent on twists and turns ending on the doorstep of MI5
and the CIA. In amongst this is a woman Tanya who is seeking murderous retribution
on the men who have wronged her, who is she?
Broadbent
becomes frustrated at the false information he is being fed. Where will it
end??
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Roger Rapel was born just after the Second World War, and brought up in the
austerity of rationing in the fifties. I left school with no formal
qualifications at 15, entering the University of Life. I bummed around from
job-job, including service as a merchant seaman, I then joined the police. Spending
30 years in the UK police; retiring as a detective sergeant. During that time I
served in many depts. including tactical firearms, drug squad,CID and Crime
Squads to name a few, but was always front line. I’m the author
of Retribution, Missing, Gift or Curse, Abducted and Cindy Where Are You.
My social media links are: Website: www.rogerrapel.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/david_parle
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Publisher: Ravenswood publishing
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