Crime writer inspires Britain's first sponsored police car


Brighton & Hove police receive a five-door saloon as a 'thank you' from bestselling local writer Peter James

Lindesay Irvine
Tuesday June 10, 2008
guardian.co.uk




One of the most blatant cases of life imitating art is roaring on to the streets of Brighton this Thursday, as the first ever sponsored police car rolls into action to promote local crime novelist Peter James.

The unlikely plan arose out of the bestselling writer's close relationship with Brighton & Hove police. James is known for his painstaking concern for accurate details, and spends about one in 10 days shadowing local officers. Speaking this afternoon, while traveling in a police car, James explained, "I was talking to my publisher, and he said 'the police have been so helpful; maybe we should give something back?'

A gift from 'a bit of a petrolhead' and his publishers ... The sponsored car

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