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This nostalgic and absorbing memoir tells the story of a reallife female police detective in postwar Britain as she navigates a mans world

Its 1956 and the Berkshire Constabulary has never had a woman detective before That is until bright and ambitious WPC Gwen Crockford passes out of Hendon Detective Training School with flying colours

After five years serving as one of Britains first policewomen Gwen Crockford becomes one of its first female detectives Swapping crime prevention for detection she must soon become comfortable with attending murder scenes and postmortems investigating sex crimes and going undercover Her police work is diverse and challenging dealing with Teddy boy violence arson a paedophile war hero and solving an unexplained death are all part of her remit

Gwen is sharp and quick to learn considered one of the boys by her colleagues DS Kinch and DS Le Mercier Until that is the traumatizing death of a child the arrival of a new sexist DS and nearzero opportunity for promotion force Gwen to reevaluate her career

Written and researched by Gwens daughter Ruth from family papers remembered stories from her mother and contemporary newspapers this is a fascinating insight into late1950s society and the challenges faced by female police officers

This is the second book in the Crockford series following Calling WPC Crockford Gwens time as a pioneering uniform policewoman in the early 1950s