A bite of… Ned Spinks, thief-catcher in ‘The Rose Thief’ by Claire Buss

Q1: I’ve not many in your profession before, so what is it exactly that a thief-catcher must do to catch thieves?

The role of thief-catcher is time honoured in Roshaven. Well, it’s been around for as long as anyone can remember so that’s more or less the same thing. You see, we have all these Guilds who look after crime. I can’t say I’m a big fan of such blatant rule breaking but it seems to keep things mostly in order. I’m supposed to attend weekly meetings and get the receipts for upcoming...