Mr Sheldon is an ex-detective inspector and a former senior lecturer in policing, criminal justice and terrorism at Teesside University.

BBC: West Mercia police commissioner defends deputy choice

Ex-detective Mark Williams-Thomas said his wife and children were "annoyed and upset".

BBC: Nude plinth man sparks complaint

With his new thriller, "Stay Close, " a story about a washed-up photographer, an ex-stripper and detective who team up to unravel a string of unsolved murders and disappearances, Mr. Coben isn't leaving anything to chance.

WSJ: Harlan Coben Floods the Zone

He is the second police officer to be convicted under Operation Elveden, following the case of ex-counter-terrorism detective April Casburn.

BBC: John Terry

An ex-counter-terrorism detective has told a court it was "ludicrous" to suggest she offered information to the News of the World for money.

BBC: Detective April Casburn: NoW cash claim 'ludicrous'

Talk about an author's good timing: The detective's initial task is to deal with the ex-spouse's sexual harassment suit.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Twenty-five years later he is still shrouded in dreams and terror, and his two friends, Sean (Kevin Bacon), a homicide detective, and Jimmy (Sean Penn), an ex-con who runs a corner grocery, still feel the shame of not helping him.

NEWYORKER: Mystic River