Paperback. The author earned the highest number of commendations even given a UK police officer, as well as being honoured by the Queen for distinguished service in 1991. Now for the first time, he recounts the inside story of some of the major criminal investigations he dealt with including : the Ealing Vicarage Rape case; the disappearance and bizarre killing of a Bank of England official; and the story of Operation Shampoo, one of the most successful operations against organised crime in London. Illus. + Epilogue. 246pp. p/back. Lightly browned pp. Vg+