Not a cosy mystery

 I confessed I was about to try a new venture.

A cosy mystery, since I have got quite close to writing one with some of my historical romances.

I got the prologue done, and half of the first chapter and realised it wasn't a cosy mystery at all. Or rather, a good friend pointed out that if I have police in it, then its a police procedural and not a cosy.

I thought about eliminating the police and decided to plough on and see what turned up next. More and more it is becoming a  police procedural. The pathologist has arrived in the third chapter and I am curious to know if my local area has a mortuary used by Home Office pathologists. Then I discovered all pathologists especially the forensic type, are employed by the Home Office. Watching crime on tv and checking up can lead to some pretty dark corners. Who knew mortuaries advertised for body washers? 

I keep checking things on Google since I don't have any police people in the family. But facts about the police can be hard to find. They do not seek publicity. In fact, they do the precise opposite. My local police force are accused of not informing people of things they need to know.

However, I shall keep plodding on and hope to invent dialogue that does not plod, have my characters spring to life on the page and end up with something I can be proud of having created..