but what is it about the friction between these two, one which is a, a trailer park boy with a bit of a chip on his shoulder, and the other who's a privately educated, articulate detective, it makes them so effective, and how does that personal conflict mirror the opposing contrasts of Oxford itself, which is a city that you've described as caught between the powerful and the powerless?

Yeah, yeah.

I think, I think that's...

That was from the beginning very important to me, to be honest.

The, the very origin of, of the first book was Ryan, who is my trailer park rat.

Uh, the, the, the kid with a chip on his shoulder and anger management issues, and he, he shoots his mouth off, or he shouldn't be a policeman.

Uh, he's constantly flirting with disciplinary procedures, but he's actually quite good at being a policeman.

And when, um, when you find maybe like a boring patch, if there is such a thing, in a draft, um, what's your go tr- go-to trick for injecting energy back into the scene?