Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
The end
In the beginning, there was light
Drunk and orderly
Prisoners, property and prostitutes
In your face
A man’s world
Face down in the gutter
Have you told her?
Do not pass Go
Gruesome twosome
Hard-knock life
Black and white
Strapped
Knee-capped
Fitness test
On prescription
No headway
Moving west
All the evidence
The night I met …
Up the junction
Bounty hunting
Nondescript
Wheel clampers notorious
Willy warmers
Cut!
House bugs and other nasty things
Who’s there?
In the crowd
Fast forward
Working the streets
Bit of a handful
Sewer rat
Suspects with benefits
Summary justice
Unmistaken identity
Down the drain
Doors
Dead or alive
The day I met …
Street people
Poisoning pigeons
’Ere!
Expensive jackpot
Keeping up appearances
Marshmallow surprise
The day I almost met …
Marianne St John
Phantom of the theatre
Fast train to London
Pockets
Somebody’s son
Polacc’ed: police car accidents
Swinging low
999 hoax calls
A little bit on fire
Night-duty eyes
On the job
Dead ringer
Perks
Lucky ladders
Downfall
Ailsa MacPhee
A quick buck
B for bingo
Game on
The beano
Busted
Hats off
Ménage à trois
The cost of an arrest
The day I met Jennifer
Exciting boredom
Saving lives
It came off in my hand, sarge
Christmas confession
The call you’re waiting for
Animal lovers
Stanley the Stallion
Dirty Don
Importuning and all that
Daisy chaining
A pounding
Cassie’s girls
Courting
The verdict
Contempt
Through the square window
Let right be done
In stitches
The day Diana died
Women’s work
Mommy dearest
What do you call it?
Double jeopardy
Not their fault
Mum’s gone to Iceland
Mother love
Fly away home
Wearing his ring
Who’s lying?
The man in the corner
Head case
When the Twin Towers fell
Bin-bag kids
Pets at home
For Stan, Santa
Chasing motorcycles
Bad apples
Fair cop, guv’nor
The waiting room
In my head
The end – again
OTS and other strange things
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher