How YOU can avoid being a victim of crime: Always face the door in a pub and never leave your house empty while on holiday… IAN RANKIN and Britain’s top crime writers reveal their top lessons on keeping yourself safe

The most skillful, curved, they draw stories thrown from the heart. And most of us will read their books on the beach this summer. However, what is there to write a crime, taught some of the best -selling writers of England about how to keep it safe – at home And far?

Five box -office novelists, from reducing the risk of home theft while parking your car in the airport, to avoid the art artists in the hotel bar, offers the best clues for a innocent summer.

Ian Rankin: always look at the door at a bar

Ian Rankin writes the Rebus series of dear Edinburgh-set inspector. His latest book is midnight and blue.

I am always aware of my environment, I control seeing who is behind me – do they follow me? That’s why I don’t look at my phone while walking and wearing headphones. Any environment may suddenly become hostile (it is less likely to hit something or be shot by a car).

Whether it is at home or at the hotel, I will always lock it and wear the chain, if any. My wife laughs at me, but then she’s not the guilty.

If I am in a bar, I will try to look at the door. Something that these police officers have learned – if someone walks a person who can ask you for you, you want as much attention as possible.

I don’t really trust the online world. I do not do internet banking and I always check that e-mails that look innocent are not sent from dangerous addresses. It may seem to be coming from your bank, but the close review of the sender’s details usually says otherwise.

Cl Taylor: Even a photo of your dog can lead you to be followed

Cl Taylor writes: ‘I am very big about online security. My previous book was about four follow -up victims and I took advantage of personal experiences to follow up by an old boyfriend ‘

CL Taylor is the author of the Psychological thriller on 11 graphics hill. The last one is always her husband.

I am very big about online security. My previous book has been about four follow -up victims in every move you made, and I took advantage of personal experiences to follow up by an old boyfriend. I don’t think people have noticed how many small tips and online they have separated into their lives; A type of digital sign that someone can follow if they want.

Do not send photos to public social media that can help monitor your position or routine. For example, if you walk your dog in a particular park at a certain time, someone can potentially use this information. With Google Reverse Picture search, it is quite easy to find places from a single photo – and you certainly don’t want to publish photos that define your home from the outside, from the street or your backyard.

Like the photo of your dog, your full surname, address or phone number, such as the photo of your dog, such as the photo of your dog, really be careful not to mistake the information you do not want. Actually, I did this by mistake. A reader texted me and said, ‘Do you realize that we can see your phone number?’ He said. I’ve never taken pictures so quickly.

Lock your Facebook information. Even if you can’t see someone’s publications, you can learn a lot if someone has left the list of friends open. If one of these friends shares photos showing the location, someone can use it so that you may not want it.

Never share the holiday photos, like to sign up for thieves where your home is empty.

Remove yourself from the election roller. Obviously, I find it scary that there are sites where you can pay a small fee to find out where someone lives.

People reveal a lot on Instagram. Kim Kardashian was robbed like this; He left a lot of clues about where he was, where he stayed and what was worth playing.

Mark Billingham: I was held hostage after ordering room service

In the 1990s, Billingham was beaten and was held hostage in a Manchester hotel room, ‘he created some kind of hyper-releasing’ he said.

Mark Billingham is an actor and criminal writer known for his international best -selling Tom Thorne Detective. His latest novel is what the night brings.

I would like to say that what I am worried about is based on what I have learned without researching my novels, but they are actually based on the bad things that are actually to me.

I learned that you will never be 100 percent safe. In the late 1990s, I was beaten in a Manchester hotel room and gave hostage. At that time I was working on a scenario for my writing and the next day I ordered room service. When the door went, I assumed that there was someone to collect the tray and open the door. But they were three men who spank us in Balaclavas, tied us and put a bag on our heads.

We were kept there for about three hours while using our stolen bank cards. This experience has created a kind of hyper-reapping that has faded over the years, but I am still jumping into my own shadow. I have a slight TSSB form, I make noisy sounds here.

‘Whatever you do, don’t relax!’ But in a hotel room, I won’t open the door without taking a good look at the spyhole. I will always make double lock doors at night. I’m sure most people wonder how comfortable the bed and bed will be, I will check the key and the closest outputs.

Be awake; The last thing you expect to be, is a very terrible lesson to learn and pass, but you should always be aware of this possibility and never think that you are completely immune to violence or crime.

I raised my drink at a hotel in Arizona, a very long time ago. I chatted with what looked like a sincere, middle -aged couple, and then he started to be strange. I went out for the ferry – now I stopped – and barely I was able to walk; I still remember the shock of feeling helpless. I believe that something should shift to the local beer that the woman recommends. Fortunately, Barman looked for a golf car that took me to my room incredibly quickly, otherwise I believe they’ll help me ‘and rob me.

Never answer a phone call from a number that you are not known. Cyber criminals once reached my accounts and stole a lot of money (which I came back). I still don’t know how it is, but even if you took the phone and confirmed your name, I probably learned that you’ve given them enough.

Cyber crime and hacking are not sacrificed crimes. They dropped companies, kept governments hostage, and ruined the lives of ordinary people.

Louise Candlish: Pay attention to the Neighborhood WhatsApp Group

Candlish says, ‘He says he’s awake in robbing, because that’s what I’m afraid of. If I take my phone open to the public, I stand on a wall with my back because the phone closure will always come behind you ‘

Louise Candish is the best -selling author of Holiday and House, which has become an ITV drama. The new book, a neighbor’s murder guide is now released.

As a criminal writer, as a tired citizen, I suspect almost everything. I write a lot about fraud. Understanding the rate of new fraud of criminals impressed me on any communication that I did not expect actively.

After investigating the fraud for our house, which is apparently sold without the consent of the owner of a house, I immediately enrolled in the Land registry warnings service that informs you about any change in your title deeds. When trying a next home buying or sales, I would be connected to old -fashioned vehicles to make everything online and meet a transfer lawyer rather than the best. People lost a lot of money by sending online deposits to the scammers posing as a lawyer.

The protection of property made me more conscious about enemies and second hosts. Never see the keys openly through a window. A intact, white -painted boundary wall can graffiti so that some prickly planting cannot do. Avoid a low garden wall inviting people to sit. You need to remember that all crimes do not contain long game frauds-especially during a cost of life, especially during a cost of life, people are just desperate and opportunistic.

Some self -protective measures are very new. For example, be very careful to be very triggering in the language or whatsApp groups you use online. A firing line can insert you into deep water-and low-hanging fruit for the police. In my current book, a neighbor’s murder guide, one of my characters is accused of slander and slander after a clipping.

Are you going on vacation? Be careful who knows that. A friend of mine in Australia was a sacrifice of a friendship after finding the house address in the forms in the glove compartment after entering the car where thieves parked in the airport. The obvious lesson here is to make sure that there is no descriptive information in your car. The thieves also targeted others.

Do not remove all your valuables at once when leaving a hotel or holiday rental. Get a card to use that day and leave most things in the safe.

I am awake about robbing, because that’s what I’m most afraid of. If I take my phone open to the public, I stand on a wall on my back because the phone closures will always come behind you.

Adele Parks: Never leave your house empty on vacation

Parks says ‘trust your instincts’, ‘if something looks too good to be right … Probably so’

Adele Parks sold more than six million books. 25. Our novel is our good confusion, on August 28th.

Anyone who looked at my computer’s search history would be terrified. What I have learned for my novels includes how to get rid of a body and how to numb someone of a certain weight and size. Last year I went to a Cheltenham book festival with many criminal writers. You can imagine the dark jokes about the bodies to be thrown into the sea. We have a kitchen tour and everyone was looking at these big luggage freezers with interest.

A secret will come back to bite you. My new novel Connie – Connie, who made a mistake 25 years ago. Obviously, we all have some secrets, but the effort to protect one can make a person vulnerable against blackmail or revenge, and even push them to commit a crime.

Never encounter anyone in a collision – with cars in the supermarket, elbows on the sidewalk or with aggression. You may be a hormonal, hot woman, but it can be a psychopath using a knife.

Trust your instincts; If something looks too good to be real (a person, a gift, a job offer or any offer), probably. It is sad but right.

In general, I think ‘if you are always on vacation and even when I have to relax. If I’m alone in an elevator and someone else comes in, ‘If it’s an absolute psycho?’ My husband says it’s quite strange.

In this last hot air magic, I became paranoid to check that the windows were closed before going to bed.

When we go away, we never leave our house empty. I doubt that we mostly have pets, but that I am neurotic. I prefer someone who uses my house and wandering around, rather than worrying that he is left empty.