Gripping personal accounts by front line police officers in late 20th century.
Dick Kirby Book order






- 2022
- 2022
Examines cases where convictions were achieved without the victims' bodies being found.
- 2022
In their daily battle against a remorseless tide of crime, officers of London's Metropolitan Police routinely risk their lives protecting society.Veteran detective and crime author Dick Kirby has brought together a superb collection of inspiring stories of police gallantry over the last hundred years.All four officers to be honored with the George Cross, the highest civilian award have their stories told including Jim Beaton who saved Princess Anne from kidnap in The Mall.Three women officers have been awarded the George Medal, two for decoy work, the third for a heroic rooftop rescue.The book concludes with the astonishing story of a retired detective who tackled armed robbers at the cost of his eye. He may have left the Met behind him but not his courage.Every page of this gripping book is full of excitement and courage of the highest order.
- 2021
Reveals the inside story of arguably the most notorious and long running scandal in British policing history.
- 2021
Superb collection of crime solving cases by Scotland Yard
- 2021
Reveals the inside story of the little known terrorist campaign in 1939-1940.
- 2020
No-holds barred history of Scotland Yard's elite Murder Squad. Gripping accounts of police investigations into notorious killings.
- 2020
'No-Holds-Barred' account of vicious gang warfare in 1920s and 1930s England centred on greyhound tracks and horse racing courses.
- 2019
The Sweeney: The First Sixty Years of Scotland Yard's Crimebusting
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
The inside story of the elite Flying Squad from 1919 to 1978. Crammed with thrilling real-life investigations and dramatic action against the most hardened criminals and gangs. Written by former Flying Squad officer now a top crime writer.
- 2019
The Mayfair Mafia
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Superbly researched and no-holds-barred account of a vicious criminal family.