Scotland Yard's Murder Squad
$73.85
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2020
Summary
In 1906, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner was asked by the Home Office to make skilled investigators available for murder inquiries nationwide, as few constabularies had sufficiently skilled detectives. Thus, the Reserve Squad, or Murder Squad as it later became known, was born.
Despite some forces’ reluctance to call upon The Met, the Murder Squad has proven its effectiveness on countless occasions, with its remit extended to British territories overseas. A particularly sensitive…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526765338 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1526765330 |
| Author: | Dick Kirby |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword True Crime |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2020 |
| Weight: | 708g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Dick Kirby
Dick Kirby was born in the East End of London and joined the Metropolitan Police in 1967. Half of his twenty-six years’ service was spent with Scotland Yard’s Serious Crime Squad and the Flying Squad.
Kirby contributes to newspapers and magazines on a regular basis, as well as appearing on television and radio. The Guv’nors, The Sweeney, Scotland Yard’s Ghost Squad, The Brave Blue Line, Death on the Beat, Scourge of Soho, London’s Gangs at War, The Mayfair Mafia and Scotland Yard’s Gangbuster are all published under the Pen & Sword True Crime imprint and he has further other published works to his credit. In retirement he lives near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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