A Straightforward Guide to
THE CRIME WRITERS’ CASEBOOK: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO POLICE INVESTIGATIONS PAST AND PRESENT
Stephen Wade And Stuart Gibbon
978-1-80236-452-1 £11.99
A Straightforward Guide to The Crime Writer’s Casebook, Third Edition, updated to 2025, now including the use of artificial intelligence, is a reference work for all crime writers and is an essential companion for research into modern police procedure as well as to crime investigations in history. The book is unique in presenting the topics by means of both first-hand explanations by a London police detective and a crime historian. There are also glossaries explaining legal terms encountered in crime history and of modern police work.
A Straightforward Guide to
CATCHING A KILLER: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO MURDER INVESTIGATION PAST AND PRESENT
Stephen Wade and Stuart Gibbon
978-1-80236-451-4 £10.99
Catching a killer, Second Edition, 2025, is an essential research companion for crime writers and readers. Crime historian Stephen Wade and former detective Stuart Gibbon examine the investigation of Murder from a historical and modern-day perspective, with reference to criminal law, police procedure and forensic evidence.
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BEING A DETECTIVE: AN A-Z READERS’ AND WRITERS’ GUIDE TO DETECTIVE WORK PAST AND PRESENT
Stephen Wade and Stuart Gibbon
978-1-80236-453-8 £11.99
A Straightforward Guide to Being a Detective, An A-Z Readers’ and Writers’ Guide to Detective Work Past and Present, third edition, is an essential research companion for all writers of crime fiction and non-fiction. The book has been updated to 2025 and now includes a new section on Artificial Intelligence. In all genres of popular crime writing today, detective characters figure prominently. What is the life of a detective like? What was it like in 1890 or 1990? Former detective Stuart Gibbon and crime historian Stephen Wade answer these questions in this revised companion guide. This volume provides an ideal companion volume to the author’s work, The Crime Writer’s Casebook.
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A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO DRINK AND DISORDER
Stephen Wade and Stuart Gibbon
978-1-913776-52-7 £9.99
A Comprehensive Guide to Drink and Disorder is an essential research companion for crime writers and readers. Crime historian Stephen Wade and former detective Stuart Gibbon examine the subjects of Drink and Disorder from a historical and modern-day perspective, with reference to criminal law and police procedure.
Straightforward Crime Reference Series
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND POLICE PROCEDURE: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO BURGLARY AND ROBBERY
Stephen Wade and Stuart Gibbon
978-1-913342-50-0 £8.99
A Comprehensive Guide to Burglary and Robbery is an essential research companion for crime writers and readers. Crime historian Stephen Wade and former detective Stuart Gibbon examine the subjects of Burglary and Robbery from a historical and modern-day perspective, with reference to criminal law and police procedure.
Straightforward Crime Reference Series
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND POLICE PROCEDURE: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ARREST AND DETENTION
Stephen Wade and Stuart Gibbon
978-1-913342-51-7 £8.99
An Essential Reference Guide for Crime Readers and Writers. A Comprehensive Guide to Arrest and Detention is an essential research companion for crime writers and readers. Crime historian Stephen Wade and former detective Stuart Gibbon examine the subjects of arrest and detention from a historical and modern-day perspective, with reference to criminal law and police procedure.