The summer's day in question is the 24 hours of one June 26, as endured by a police department in the north of England. This masterful police procedural is more convincing than those of Joseph Wambaugh--because the events of June 26 are all too terribly believable.
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Wainwright's Best Yet?,
By Donald C. Wall (Cheney, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: All on a Summer's Day (Mass Market Paperback)
John Wainwright, ex-Yorkshire cop, has written over 70 tremendously varied crime novels. This one attempts to portray all the facets of police work in a 24-hour period, from multiple viewpoints: street cops, ranking police officers, victims, crooks, and families of all. There are over thirty "main" characters, but they are so sharply individualized that one always knows who's who at any time. There are several plot strands, carefully distributed, and a catastrophic, very satisfying climax. Wainwright brings all his characters alive with no wasted words. This book has it all: complex and varied characters, logical and interesting plot, excellent pacing, well-portrayed Yorkshire village life, humor, and wisdom. A fine novel!
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The sweep hand of the office wall-clock moved past the vertical, and it was the start of a new day. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Upper Neck, Charge Office, Marian Cooper, Beechwood Brook, Hilda Noble, Sergeant Noble, Charlie Preston, Inspector Rowe, Interview Room, Chief Inspector Tallboy, Bordfield General, Chief Superintendent Blakey, The Sopworth Arms, Constable Cooper, Rimstone Beat, Fox Fifty-Nine, Market Superintendent, Muriel Pearson, Sergeant Ramsden, Sopworth Section, Appleton Ward, Police Service, North End, Sergeant Cockburn, Susan Tallboy New!
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The sweep hand of the office wall-clock moved past the vertical, and it was the start of a new day. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
public counter, assistant chief constable, cell bed, motor patrol, motor cyclists, detective constable Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Neck, Charge Office, Marian Cooper, Beechwood Brook, Hilda Noble, Sergeant Noble, Charlie Preston, Inspector Rowe, Interview Room, Chief Inspector Tallboy, Bordfield General, Chief Superintendent Blakey, The Sopworth Arms, Constable Cooper, Rimstone Beat, Fox Fifty-Nine, Market Superintendent, Muriel Pearson, Sergeant Ramsden, Sopworth Section, Appleton Ward, Police Service, North End, Sergeant Cockburn, Susan Tallboy New!
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- How Many? (Match Them) by Michael Holt on page 63, and page 140
- Snow White (Look and Play) by Susan Rowe on page 224
- Thin Air by Howard Browne in Back Matter
- Death in April by Andrew M. Greeley in Back Matter
- The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. Chesterton in Back Matter
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