2/2 retire then come back as a civilian consultant (#Resnick #Rebus ) without it seeming all a bit #NewTricks ? How many times can we encounter another policeman with an odd quirk or hobby, that shall for ever be called a #Ridley after Adrian Dunbar's incomprehensible jazz singing retired detective? It's as if crime fiction needs a reboot - rather like the 1980s - when I'd argue Pluto Press kicked off a new generation of crime readers https://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/pluto-crime-pluto-press-and-the-thriller-genre/ - we need a similar reboot today