Omens of Death (Constable Crime)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Nicholas Rhea

Mystery

Constable & Robinson Limited

<p>Detective Superintendent Mark Pemberton is first on the scene when a young man loses control of his bright red sports car and crashes into a ditch. As Pemberton and his fellow passengers reach the wreck of the car the driver is still alive - just. And when the injured man sees that Mark Pemberton is accompanied by a priest he becomes extremely agitated. With his dying breath, the driver confesses to a murder.\nPemberton is baffled. The priest, Father Flynn, is bound by the secrets of the confessional so cannot reveal more, but Pemberton cannot ignore the fact that he has heard a wholly voluntary admission of murder - a freely made statement of the finest kind, a firm admission of guilt. But to which murder was the dead man referring? No suspicious deaths have been reported recently. Among the unsolved cases on the police books are the murders of several prostitutes, the work of the so-called "sandal strangler" who always takes away the shoes of the dead women. Could the car crash victim be a serial killer?\nPemberton and his colleagues find themselves in the strange position of working backwards from the killer to the crime and must use all their investigative powers to get to the strange and chilling truth.</p>

Confession (Constable Crime)

Constable

Yorkshire, 1980’s.   Nick Rhea is a new recruit to Aidensfield police station.   Drawing the short straw as a newbie to the force, he is regularly covering the night duty patrol.   Despite this being the least popular shift amongst his peers, it is certainly proving to be the most enlightening patrol…   Set in an idyllic village you would assume that crime would be minimal.   You were wrong.   Entertaining characters keep the village alive. Especially the roguish Claude Jeremiah Greengrass with his ingenious ability to avoid the law.   Poachers, thefts and bizarre midnight escapades are rampant. Nick must prove his worth amongst his peers by thwarting these crimes.   Whilst also contending with the practical jokes carried out by his colleagues.   Can Nick withstand the small village life and gain the respect of the people he serves?   Or will he yearn for work in the big cities of the country?  Constable on the Prowl is an enlightening collection of memoirs that will remain with you for years.   Praise for Nicholas Rhea’s works  ‘Splendid reading.’ – Police Journal   ‘It’s original, it’s funny…one of life’s little pleasures.’ – Yorkshire Post.

Constable on the Prowl

Literature & Fiction

New English Library Ltd.

As he settles into the village life of Aidensfield, North Yorkshire, Police Constable Nick Rhea begins to understand the complexities of rural law enforcement, much of with proves to be very unofficial but highly effective. We hear of his dilemmas as he is torn between his desire to prove the crippled Sidney Chapman's dog innocent of sheep-worrying, and the need to do his duty. Farmer Lowe's sheepdog presents a different problem: the overworked old dog is pretending to be deaf and Rhea finds himself drawn into the crisis; without the dog, the cows cannot be milked. Local colours and characters abound. The mixed creeds of the community provide more headaches for Rhea: for example Jame Bathurst's funeral goes quite smoothly except that the village grave-digger does not want the death-bed convert buried in Catholic ground and has omitted to dig the grave. Rivalry abounds between Anglicans, Catholics and Methodists, and Rhea has his work cut out. More problems stem from the unlawful activities of Arnold Merryweather's bus, with its massive conductress, Hannah, a jockey who steals supplies for his hungry horse and the old railway worker who vanishes as the last train passes through the village. In all, a vivid light-hearted insight into rural bobbying.

Constable Around the Village

New English Library

Constable Among the Heather

Robert Hale, Ltd.

Constable Around the Green (Constable Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

The wild and rugged North York Moors remain one of the unexploited and least explored areas of England. In the depths of winter, with dark days, villages cut off by snowdrifts and animals marooned amongst the heather, it has all the appearance of a true wilderness. For Constable Nick of Aidensfield, however, the fierce weather and wild terrain must not interfere with his police work. But the superintendent is not pleased when he catches Nick building a snowman in the midst of a blizzard and Nick faces more resistance when he considers evacuating a market town because a farmer on the moors reckons there'll be a devastating flood within hours. How can Nick convince the authorities the wise old farmer is right? Nick copes with Claude Jeremiah Greengrass almost killing himself on a runaway double bass, ponders why an ageing widower would want a beauty contest in Aidensfield and wonders why a beautiful Spanish senorita has come to visit a confirmed bachelor farmer on the moors. There is crime too - a young boy's precious bicycle is stolen, there is a cruel burglary in an elderly lady's home while a fake policeman is 'fining' people for traffic offences. Nick is also faced with identical twins who commit clever crimes; there are ominous goings-on in a remote churchyard too and Nick has to cope with a spillage of mysterious liquid which threatens the water supply. It's all part of constabulary duties for Constable Nick of Aidensfield.

Constable in the Wilderness

Having qualified for promotion, Constable Nick must await a vacancy as he continues his rural duties at Aidensfield deep within the North York Moors National Park. As the spectacular countryside becomes increasingly busy with tourists, so the constabulary's day-to-day problems multiply, but not without minor incidents like people getting lost or the menace of discarded litter. So why would a man dump financial magazines in a moorland stream or a businessman throw sackfuls of rubbish into private woodland? What were the fearsome creatures which trapped tourists in a moorland village? Why would anyone abandon a wedding cake? There is more serious work when Nick discovers the body of a man in a remote moorland house and a dog finds a human leg in a wood, the funeral of a London gangster brings a hint of menace to Ashfordly, a grandfather clock mysteriously disappears after an auction and there's a prowler at a local hospital. There is the human side of his work, too, such as discussing home security with a lady who never closes her back door and the landlord who manages to persuade a royal personage to perform the opening ceremony at his new pub. But was she really HRH The Princess Margaret? This is the latest in the collection of rustic tales which inspired the top TV drama, Heartbeat and its sister series, The Royal. (Nicholas Rhea's website is www.nicholasrhea.co.uk)

Constable Around the Park

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Constable in the Country

Constable Over the Hill

Robert Hale Company

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