[2] Upon returning to Britain, Hoskins enrolled at Oxford University to read theology and took a double First, before completing a PhD at King's College London.
[5][6][7] Hoskins has been called upon to provide commentary on these cases and the related field by numerous press organisations.
[25] More recently, Hoskins was asked by detectives of Wiltshire Police to examine claims made by "Lucy X" of a VIP satanic sex-abuse ring which included the former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, as part of two separate investigations by the force into sexual abuse.
[30] Hoskins' first book, The Boy in the River, was published by Pan Macmillan and became a Sunday Times bestseller,[1] receiving critical praise in several press publications.
[31][32][33] The Boy in the River was named Gold Winner in the Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards 2013.