It will come as no surprise that the first character to be created in my mind was Jack Robson. Originally, Jack was going to be an inspector. But it soon became apparent that he needed to be slightly more senior, because of the level of involvement he would have in the Arcam investigation. Thus, ‘DCI Robson’ was born … I suppose Jack was quite easy to ‘build’. He’s not based on anyone in particular, but is more an accumulation of various character traits - First and foremost,