

Pitfalls in Writing Police Procedurals
In January, the Chessie Chapter of Sisters in Crime presented a panel of former law enforcement officers who write mysteries and thrillers who discussed ways to avoid the pitfalls of writing police procedurals. The panelists were: David Swinson, a retired police detective from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, and author of The Second Girl, Crime Song, Trigger and City on the Edge. He lives in Northern Virginia. Bruce Robert Coffin, award-winning author of