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A.B. Patterson

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A. B. Patterson is an Australian writer who knows first-hand about corruption, power, crime and sex. He was a Detective Sergeant in the WA Police, working in paedophilia and vice, and later was a Chief Investigator with the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.

He now lives in Sydney and loves to holiday in France.
In 2015 he published his debut crime novel, "Harry's World". The sequel, "Harry's Quest", was published in 2018. He has also had short crime fiction published in the US, in "Switchblade" magazine and "Econoclash Review". In 2020 he published his first collection of short stories, "Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service". ...more

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	Harry's World 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry Kenmare, PI - At Your Service 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming Through in Waves: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Pink Floyd (Gutter Books Rock Anthology Series) by T. Fox Dunham (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bill Baber (Contributor), C.W. Blackwell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	EconoClash Review #4: Quality Cheap Thrills by J.D. Graves (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.B. Patterson (Goodreads Author), Mark Slade 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Switchblade: Issue 8 (Switchblade Volume One) by A.B. Patterson (Goodreads Author), Danny Sophabmisay, Nick Manzolillo (Goodreads Author) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tattered Blue Line by Frank Zafiro (Goodreads Author), A.B. Patterson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Switchblade: Issue Four (Switchblade Volume One Book 4) by Lisa Douglass (Editor), Diana Deverell (Goodreads Author), Henry Brock (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Serve, Protect, and Write (Cops Writing Crime Fiction, Volume 1) by A.B. Patterson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christopher Allen, Thonie Hevron (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry's Quest (PI Harry Kenmare, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jasper: The Gloves Are Off (Uncle B. Publications, LLC Book 2) by A.B. Patterson (Goodreads Author), Scotch Rutherford (foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cops Writing Crime - 2 new members join The Squad.

Another 2 colleagues (1 American and 1 British) join The Squad today, bringing its numbers to 429.

That's 429 cops and ex-cops (and other law enforcement types, plus some PIs) who have taken to writing crime fiction. You won't get more realistic crime tales than those from this Squad!

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1. Tim O'Rourke who served with the police in the UK, although I'm not sure which Force.
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A.B. Patterson liked Shawn's review of Jasper: The Gloves Are Off (Uncle B. Publications, LLC Book 2): "Raunchy detective fiction about a guy looking for a lost daughter. He beds down every woman he meets along the way. In modern times, prudish people might be offended by this kind of literature. Look, it's male fantasy. Let us have our fantasies, for " Read more of this review »
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A.B. Patterson rated a book it was amazing Cold Summer (The DCI Castle series Book 3) by James Ellson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The English summer may be cold, but the plot in this engrossing mystery is red hot. Richly drawn characters are driven by their emotions, their histories, and their hunger for what they seek in that dangerous swamp where justice, revenge, and ethics ...more
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In the interests of transparency, I'm the editor and publisher of this anthology and I have a story in the mix. I love the realism that all these authors with frontline law enforcement experience bring to their crime tales. It is an eclectic bunch of ...more
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A truly superb crime read. This cornucopia of corruption and conflicted characters Canadian-style paints a gritty and uncomfortable picture of Toronto and its underbelly, but it would be equally accurate of any Western metropolis. Smith lays bare the ...more
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