The Brave Blue Line: 100 Years of Metropolitan Police Gallantry. Questo articolo non è disponibile.The Brave Blue Line: 100 Years of Metropolitan Police Gallantry

In their daily battle against a remorseless tide of crime, officers of London's Metropolitan Police routinely risk their lives protecting the Capital. In The Brave Blue Line Dick Kirby, the former Scotland Yard detective turned popularcrime author, has brought together a superb collection of inspiring stories of police gallantry over the last hundred years.Officers to be honoured with the George Cross, the highest civilian award, have their stories told including Jim Beaton who saved Princess Anne from kidnap in The Mall.Three women officers have been awarded the George Medal, two for decoy work, the third for a heroic rooftop rescue.The book concludes with the astonishing story of a retired detective who tackled armed robbers - at the cost of his eye. He may have left the Met behind him but not his courage.Every page of this gripping book with its thrilling and well researched accounts of outstanding acts of gallantry by policemen and women makes for inspiring reading. This is crime writing of the highest order.

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 nad magazines on a regular basis, as well as appearing on television and radio. The Guv nors (2010), The Sweeney (2011) and Scotland Yard s Ghost Squad (2011) are also being published by Warncliffe Books and he has further other published works to his credit.