Simon Fenwick asked Charlie Gallagher:

I am currently reading your Maddie Ives series. I am finding the stories very good but why oh why, when they are set in and around Canterbury and places like Margate, Ashford, Thanet and Dover are mentioned, have you called the county Lennockshire? Everybody knows that they are in Kent. Also, if you are going to create a fictional place in the same county, you should use a fictional name not that is way up north?

Charlie Gallagher Hey Simon. Thanks for the question. When I was first offered the opportunity to publish the Maddie series I was a serving police officer with Kent Police. I spoke with them and they were very supportive, but we agreed that I would not use Kent so I wouldn't have to use 'Kent Police.' I think it was right not to do that, but I regret the execution of it a little. Later in that Maddie series the force have a bit of a rebrand and it's back to Kent Police, which tells you that I was never quite happy with it. I hope it doesn't detract too much from the stories - thanks again for your interest and for reading.

CG

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