Tim Sullivan is an acclaimed screenwriter and television director. He has now embarked on a series of crime novels featuring the eccentric and socially-awkward, but brilliantly persistent DS George Cross. Set in Bristol in the south west of England, Cross’ methods often infuriate his colleagues and superiors ＂not so much a thorn in my side as a pain in my arse＂, according to his boss DCI Carson. But his conviction rate, thanks to his dogged persistence and attention to detail, is the best in the force. The Patient is the third of a series. Tim lives in North London with his wife Rachel.