DETECTIVE PAUL BISHOP TO STAR IN 'TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN'

DETECTIVE PAUL BISHOP TO STAR IN 'TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN'

BY MARK STORER FOR VENTURA COUNTY STAR

PUBLISHED THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011

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Paul Bishop is coming to the end of a 35-year career with the Los Angeles Police Department. As a detective, Bishop has spent most of that time interviewing and interrogating victims and suspects of sex crimes, a career he fashioned for himself.

"For whatever reason, I can get those suspects to talk to me," he said. "Our entire focus is interrogation. What is the emotional impact of the words we use and the suspects use?"

For Bishop, who lives in Ventura County, it's not an idle question.

"I grew up reading all the time. I read constantly and I loved it," he said.

Shortly after starting his career as a detective, Bishop started writing books. His novels include "Croaker: Chalk Whisperers," "Croaker: Tequila Mockingbird," "Croaker: Grave Sins" and about a dozen others.

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