Let’s say this post is sort of a dry run.
I’m starting a sort of new venture,a new job I invented for myself and my brother.

It went like this…
I was wandering through the Amazon reviews pages during the weekend, and I found out this review from hell… (I’m leaving the title and author of the book out)

If I could give a zero star I would. If authors are going to set novels in a country they are not a native of then the very least they can do is research it properly. Elizabeth George has managed to do so most successfully. This book is so full or errors about the UK police force it is laughable. For example, British police officers are NOT routinely armed – thank goodness. People who work for the forensic and scientific departments are not police officers but they obviously report to the appropriate police officers. We don’t use yellow crime scene tape in this country – it is blue and white. We don’t refer to police officers as Detective or Agent but would give them their rank, for example Detective Inspector or D.I. and so on. I could go on but it’s tedious!!! I think the author has been seduced by the TV programmes of CSI as that is what it seems to ape and presumably this is where she did her research! […] My advice? Don’t waste your time. This is a few hours I will never get back!!!

Ugly, what?
And yes, it’s something I’ve already talked about on this blog in the past – doing research, the joys thereof, and the horrors of not doing it. Continue reading →