The Real Happy Valley - True stories of crime heroism from Yorkshire s front line

Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood may be a fictional character, but her bravery, compassion and determination exist in real-life policewomen serving across Yorkshire today. In The Real Happy Valley , former policewoman Alice Vinten reveals what life on the beat is really like for those protecting the cobbled streets and windswept hills of this historic county. From domestic abuse to kidnap, gang crime and murder, these women will stop at nothing to bring their criminals to justice and in the most extraordinary circumstances, they never fail to put others'' safety before their own. Gripping, inspiring and eye-opening, The Real Happy Valley is a celebration of our finest officers'' peerless commitment to protect and serve.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Alice spent over eleven years in the Metropolitan Police Service as a constable. Her memoir about life on the beat, On The Line: Life - and Death - In the Metropolitan Police (Two Roads), received excellent reviews and led her to becoming a crime and police commentator for national media, as well as working with the BBC and other television production companies on various police dramas and documentaries. She lives with her children near the sea in Essex.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alice Vinten, Vinten Alice
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.11.2023
• EAN: 9781804993460
• ISBN: 978-1-80499-346-0
• Seiten: 288
• Abmessung: 127 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Theater, Ballett; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, TRUE CRIME / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Biography: arts & entertainment, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Biography: arts and entertainment, Police and security services