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Constable on the Prowl

Constable Nick Mystery, Book 2

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Constable on the Prowl

By: Nicholas Rhea
Narrated by: Philip Franks
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The brilliantly entertaining and heartwarming books behind the hit '90s TV series Heartbeat. One of the top 10 most watched shows of the decade.

Nick is still settling into his role at the Ashfordly Section police station, and he’s drawn the short straw: night duty. Alone in the midnight hours with nothing but dead leaves, stray cats and legends of ghosts and ghoulies to accompany him. 

A sleeping village doesn’t mean a simple shift, though. Between the early risers of the farming community, a badger with a sweet tooth and getting to know his new workmates, there’s no time for Nick to kick his feet up in the station. And of course there’s Claude Jeremiah Greengrass! Why did he have to retreat hastily down a ladder from a lady's bedroom? And can he really be innocent of taking a deer during the night, when he was seen emerging from the forest carrying a particularly fine set of antlers?

©2020 Nicholas Rhea (P)2020 W. F. Howes Ltd Cosy Mystery Traditional Detectives Detective Fiction Heartfelt
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“Stories of a constable on his village beat in North Yorkshire. All very gentle and far, far removed from the hurly burly of modern day city policing.” (Daily Telegraph)
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Great tales of a local Bobby on night duty would highly recommend listening to this book

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a brilliantly written book your there riding along sat on the authors shoulders.
The description of North Yorkshire is brilliant I have to go there every 6 months and although Yorkshire has changed but as you drive down the country lanes you could still be in the time of the books

what a ride

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Reminds me so much of my own night turns as an English country copper. A lovely listen full of gentle humour..

Such an easy listen.

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Easy listening
very good listening and a good story . Both very factional and entertaining. A good history of Rural policing in the 1960s in Yorkshire

very easy listening

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Found it a very interesting what the life of a rular police officer is about and how differant it is to a town officer

Very enjoyable

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