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The Sixties Mysteries #5
Policeman's Progress
classic murder mystery by acclaimed crime writer Bernard Knight.
The elusive Tyneside criminal and club owner Jackie Stott seeks to evade the Newcastle police as he stumbles from one dodgy deal and troublesome gang to another. When Jackie gets involved in a murder, the police have a reason to try to get him locked up for good. A rip-roaring ride through the nightlife and underworld of a bustling city.
The elusive Tyneside criminal and club owner Jackie Stott seeks to evade the Newcastle police as he stumbles from one dodgy deal and troublesome gang to another. When Jackie gets involved in a murder, the police have a reason to try to get him locked up for good. A rip-roaring ride through the nightlife and underworld of a bustling city.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 25, 2016
About the author
Bernard Knight
106 books140 followersAka Bernard Picton.
Professor Bernard Knight, CBE, (born 1931) became a Home Office pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. He has been writing since before 1963, when his first crime novel was published. Since then, he has written about thirty books, including contemporary crime fiction, historical novels about Wales, biography, non-fiction popular works on forensic medicine, twelve medico-legal textbooks and the Crowner John Mysteries series of 12th-century historical mysteries.
In addition, he has written scripts for radio and television dramas and documentaries, including the forensic series The Expert starring Marius Goring, in the 1970s. He has contributed to many other textbooks and has edited several medical journals - he was Managing Editor of Elsevier's Forensic Science International, the leading international publication in the field.
Currently, he is a founder member of The Medieval Murderers, a select group of historical crime-writers within the Crime Writers' Association, who give presentations at literary festivals, libraries and bookshops, to promote their work amongst the public. He is also one of the non-fiction judges for the annual 'Dagger' Awards of the Crime Writers' Association and a regular reviewer of crime books for the Internet site Tangled Web.
He was born and lives in Cardiff and as well as being a doctor, he qualified as a barrister and was awarded the CBE in 1993 for services to forensic medicine. In the 1950s, he served as a Regular Army medical officer in Malaya during the terrorist campaign, in a military hospital which he compares with 'MASH'.
-Wikipedia
Professor Bernard Knight, CBE, (born 1931) became a Home Office pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. He has been writing since before 1963, when his first crime novel was published. Since then, he has written about thirty books, including contemporary crime fiction, historical novels about Wales, biography, non-fiction popular works on forensic medicine, twelve medico-legal textbooks and the Crowner John Mysteries series of 12th-century historical mysteries.
In addition, he has written scripts for radio and television dramas and documentaries, including the forensic series The Expert starring Marius Goring, in the 1970s. He has contributed to many other textbooks and has edited several medical journals - he was Managing Editor of Elsevier's Forensic Science International, the leading international publication in the field.
Currently, he is a founder member of The Medieval Murderers, a select group of historical crime-writers within the Crime Writers' Association, who give presentations at literary festivals, libraries and bookshops, to promote their work amongst the public. He is also one of the non-fiction judges for the annual 'Dagger' Awards of the Crime Writers' Association and a regular reviewer of crime books for the Internet site Tangled Web.
He was born and lives in Cardiff and as well as being a doctor, he qualified as a barrister and was awarded the CBE in 1993 for services to forensic medicine. In the 1950s, he served as a Regular Army medical officer in Malaya during the terrorist campaign, in a military hospital which he compares with 'MASH'.
-Wikipedia
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October 26, 2021
An interesting short read from a book first published in the late sixties. Interestingly I picked up on a paragraph when a Police Inspector while questioning a witness thinks it can be edited when the official statement is taken! Raised eyebrow moment.
It reminded me of the old 70’s cop shows seen on the television, a bit brutal, but lifelike in their day.
It reminded me of the old 70’s cop shows seen on the television, a bit brutal, but lifelike in their day.
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