These materials are the product of the Police Materials and Professional Development Course which was held in Haapsalu and Tallinn, Estonia in June 2003. The course was part of the Peacekeeping English Project which is funded by the British government and managed by the British Council.
Different texts and reading activities concerning policing
Slaughter brings her Grant County and Atlanta characters together for a second time (after Undone) in this superb thriller. When Dr. Sara Linton returns home to Grant County, Ga., for Thanksgiving, she hopes to steer clear of the police, especially Det. Lena Adams, whom she blames for the murder of her husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. Yet when college student Allison Spooner is found dead in a lake and a local boy, Tommy Braham, is arrested for the murder, Sara reluctantly agrees to consult.
Talk Talk is a novel by T. C. Boyle first published in 2006, about a young deaf woman who becomes the victim of a credit card fraud and identity theft. As the police are unwilling to help, the woman and her boyfriend are determined to track down the criminal themselves.
State investigator Meagan Connell is convinced that Minneapolis has a serial killer on the loose, but the city's police are sceptical. She passes on the case to her deputy, Lucas Davenport.
