GRAHAM BARTLETT In Person With Paul

GRAHAM BARTLETT chats to Paul Burke about his new police thriller CITY ON FIRE, the third Jo Howe novel. Brighton and policing in a modern city, dialing up the drama, Brighton's rebel soul, meeting readers, supporting 150+ writers with policing matters. CITY ON FIRE After losing her sister to an overdose, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe is desperate to tackle the world of drugs that consumes the shadowy backstreets of Brighton. Operation Eradicate is her response but not everyone sees it as a positive development.For self-made millionaire Sir Ben Parsons it is a threat to his business - his colossal empire relies on addicts who survive on Respite Pharmaceuticals’ substitute drugs. With connections in the highest levels of government, media and organised crime, Parsons unleashes a brutal counterattack on Howe.How will she survive being caught in the line of fire?Graham Bartlett was the chief superintendent of Brighton and Hove police. His first non-fiction book Death Comes Knocking was a Sunday Times bestseller, co-written with the bestselling author Peter James. He has since published Bad for Good and Force of Hate starring Chief Superintendent Jo Howe. Bartlett is also a police procedural and crime advisor helping scores of authors and TV writers inject authenticity into their work.RECOMMENDATIONSARAMINTA HALLNEIL LANCASTER Paul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023. An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out in 2025.Music courtesy of  Guy Hale KILLING ME SOFTLY - MIKE ZITO featuring Kid Anderson. GUY HALE Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023 & 2024 & National Crime Reading Month& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 20242024 Slaughterfest,

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