DIVE a totally gripping, breathlessly twisty crime mystery

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They are passionate champions of crime fiction; their insight is going to prove invaluable in introducing the murky world of police diving to readers. If you liked Luther, Line of Duty, Heat, Chinatown, No Country for Old Men, Serpico, The Long Goodbye, Welcome to the Punch or The Long Good Friday, you might enjoy this.

What’s true is you can explore the characters mindset and psyche on the page, and it’s very liberating to do that. The emotional burden is one to be engaged with and recognised, or you risk believing, that your reasonable reactions to unreasonable situations are somehow wrong.His plays have toured the UK and played at London venues including Almeida and Old Vic, and his TV credits include episodes of Holby City. My first point of contact was with the divers I met at the Captain Kidd, because that’s lived experience I simply cannot replicate. The publisher did have a clause having final say on the title, but there was no conversation about options, or healthy communication to rationalise the change. We managed to hit 10% of our target last week, with support growing steadily with lots of wonderful feedback and excitement to see the film completed.

The second is the exact opposite: it’s my way of selfishly purging myself of the whole sorry business. We don’t talk about resilience loudly enough in the publishing industry, but to me, there’s no other way to get the words down on the page than practicing resilience when the writing starts to get tricky. It was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, and reached the top 26% for BBC Drama Room submissions, which saw nearly 4,718 applications. Twenty publishers turned ‘Dive’ down, and it went as far as acquisitions elsewhere before Joffe Books acquired it.

Joffe Books, Jon Barton and I would like to say a very big THANK YOU to everyone who helped with the launch of DIVE. Jon studied for an MA in Dramaturgy and Script Development at Exeter University, and is an alumnus of Curtis Brown Creative. The series will follow Metropolitan Police diver David Cade as he uncovers the secrets of The River Thames. After qualifying in art, design and photography in her native South Africa, she honed her skills in several thriving design studios before moving to the UK. A very different story that pulls the reader into the dark and murky world of Police Divers working in the Thames.