Journalist Creates an Intriguing Cocktail of Crime Fiction and Fact [Edition 2]

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Devon crime writer and BBC Spotlight television reporter Simon Hall is coy about how much of his detective novels are based on his career.

But the signs in his new book are hard to miss. A young man is radicalised by Islamic extremists and sets out to explode a home- made bomb. Think back to May 2008, Nicky Reilly and the Giraffe Restaurant in Exeter.

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Journalist Creates an Intriguing Cocktail of Crime Fiction and Fact [Edition 2]

"The Balance Of Guilt is fiction," Simon insists. "As you'll see from some of the extraordinary events it contains. But I suppose it would be strange if some of my own experiences didn't make it into print somewhere, especially when I'm writing abo...

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