Published Works: The Space Between Heaven and Hell (2020), The Space Between Heaven and Hell – The Shadow Man (2020), Tales from the Inferno V1(2020), Tales from the Inferno V2 (2021), The Everlife Chronicles (2021), The Everlife Chronicles – Conquest (2022), The Night Shift (2022), Lorna (2022), The Detective Laura Warburton Series – Book 1 – Left for Dead (2023), The Detective Laura Warburton Series – Book 2 – Breaking Point (2023), The Detective Laura Warburton Series – Book 3 – Deadly Silence (2023), The Detective Laura Warburton Series – The Downward Spiral (2024), The Detective Laura Warburton Series – The Reckoning (2024), Into the Nightmares (2024), The Detective Laura Warburton Complete Series (2024), The Job’s Fcked – The Secret Diary of a Police Officer* (2025), I See You (2025)
Tell me a bit about yourself?
I was born in Salford in 1992, and since then I have lived all around the North West of England, before putting down roots in the Wigan Borough when I was around thirteen years old.
When I was a child, my mother left my father following a domestic abusive relationship, and criminality. Her brother was murdered, and she met her next husband, who was the family liaison officer. I can still remember him coming home in his police uniform, and the sense of pride that this gave me. When they divorced, she met her current husband, and that was why we moved to the Wigan area.
Following several years doing different jobs – from delivery driving, to call centres, to care work – I joined the police service and was there for just under a decade.
Whilst a serving police officer, I decided to turn my hand to self-publishing. I had always written stories as a child (the old cliché), and I loved reading and writing horror stories. My early writing career primarily focused on that.
However, dealing with crime and monsters every day, I knew that I was writing about the wrong thing, and I quickly learned that human beings were much more monstrous than anything my mind could conjure up, so I began writing crime fiction. In particular, very dark and gritty crime fiction, often referred to as ‘Thrillers with the safety off.’
My Detective Laura Warburton series was a hit, and managed to reach number one in the Amazon charts for the UK, USA, Canadian and Australian marketplaces during a particular promotion.
When the time came for me to leave the police – for a myriad of different reasons – I wrote a book about my experience, aptly named ‘The Job’s Fcked – The Secret Diary of a Police Officer,’* and it hit the bestseller lists in multiple categories, further cementing my name in this genre, and establishing me more firmly as a writer.
Now, I am continuing to work on thrillers, and a sequel to my police memoir, and I have no intention of slowing down!
What sort of literature do you write?
Literature is a strong word. I write stories, inspired by real events and real people. My goal when someone picks up one of my books is for it to grab them around the neck and keep hold of them until the book is finished. I want to offer them an escape from the world they live in and throw them into my world of nightmares.
What inspires you to write?
Initially, it was the monsters in my mind. Now, however, it’s the monsters that live and walk amongst us each day. It’s the reason why we have locks on our doors. Because we don’t want to let the bad ones in.
How have your personal experiences influenced your writing?
I was a specialist when it came to investigating domestic violence. Being a victim of it myself, I was fascinated by the dynamics and the topic. I wanted to learn as much as possible about coercive control, stalking, and more, to make my writing as authentic as possible. I draw influences from real-life experiences.
For example, my 2025 thriller ‘I See You’, about an insidious stalker, was inspired by a case I had worked on – one that still haunts me today.
Tell me what your latest creative work is about?
My novel ‘I See You’ tells the story of Rebecca Lovatt, a newly qualified nurse who has escaped her ex-partner, who was jailed for attempting to set her on fire after she left the relationship. Something, sadly, which is not fiction and happens far too often. Abusers don’t like their victims leaving them.
The case hits hard with John Martland, the Detective Sergeant of the Dedicated Stalking Unit, as the last case he worked on – Dani Greenwood, a prominent crime writer – was murdered in her home by an obsessed fan who was never caught.
John tries to help Rebecca and gain her trust, whilst suspecting everyone who may be her stalker. Is it the ex-partner? A total stranger? Or someone closer to home?
What do you hope your readers will get from your latest creative work?
Two things –
The first – to raise awareness about coercive control and stalking.
The second – Fear. It can happen to anyone.
What are you working on at the moment or what do you have planned for the future?
At the moment, I am finishing ‘I See You,’ which will be released in May 2025. Following that, I’m going to be interviewing ex-police officers for a second police memoir, and then I’ll be working on an Arctic thriller. I can’t wait for both of them!
What is the most exciting thing and the most challenging thing about writing?
Juggling it between work and home life. I could be glued to my desk all day creating, but that wouldn’t make me a good father, and I’d get fired from my job – which (for the time being) is a necessary evil. I also make YouTube content around police and political topics too, so keeping up with that can be a challenge.
What advice would you give to anyone who wants to be a writer?
Pick a real career. This is a lot of work for not much payoff. You may write that first book and it be an instant hit and you make millions. But you won’t.
You’ll work in the dark, for years, with no one noticing you. And then one day, you might build enough of a following to break through and make a name for yourself. But you cannot get away from the hard work.
There are no shortcuts. Learn to market. Build an email list. Stop saying you’ll do it, and actually do it.
You will hate what you write a lot of the time. You’ll think the good reviews are fake and people being nice, and the bad reviews are genuine. You’ll get your ego hurt. You need to have a thick skin.
Your mind will fall into some dark places, and with any luck, you might one day be able to crawl out.
But do it anyway.
If you have a story to tell, the world wants to hear it.
Where can readers learn more?
My website: www.Jaydarkmooreauthor.com
Social Media Links:
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