The series is set in Staffordshire; however, I have used some literary licence by making up names of towns/places to fit with the story.
Having been a Senior/Probation Officer for 18 years, I left in 2017. There are some references to the changes that were implemented in 2015, but I went all nostalgic and some of the work/terms refer to a time when Probation was all one service – though it seems I may have been psychic as the service is coming together under the public banner once again. Regardless, it made things a lot less complicated. Any errors to police procedure / probation or any other agency mentioned within the story are purely my own or intentional to move the story forward.