J.J. Salkeld
5 SeriesJ.J. Salkeld is the pen name of Richard Simpson, a former national newspaper journalist and documentary filmmaker. Simpson covered events in Cumbria extensively before transitioning to fiction, where he focuses on crime and criminals.
In J.J. Salkeld's "Call & Response," the first book of the Border City Blues series, DS Samantha Wilson investigates a sensitive "revenge porn" case involving minority ethnic memoirs in Carlisle, England. Concurrently, a young DC from her department is assaulted near the new police headquarters. As Wilson navigates these delicate cases, a dangerous career criminal returns to Carlisle, complicating her challenges.
