CONSTABLE OVER THE
BRIDGE by Nicholas Rhea
Robert Hale - August 2001
ISBN: 0709069405 Hardback
Historical Crime - England 1960s
Reviewed by Rachel A Hyde, MyShelf.com
AMAZON US || UK
Now in its eleventh
series no fall in the UK is complete without a series of the top rating
TV series Heartbeat. With its gentle anecdotes about a bobby on the beat
in the Yorkshire village of Aidensfield millions of viewers settle back
on a Sunday evening to see a vanished way of life. These stories are all
based on the actual police career and bestselling Constable series by
onetime bobby Nicholas Rhea and this is his twenty-fifth compilation of
tales, linked by the common theme of bridges.
If you want a murder mystery with lots of drama this isn't it but this
is a good book to curl up by a fire with, gentle and unassuming. As usual
Claude Jeremiah Greengrass (village poacher and crooked entrepreneur)
is up to all sorts; trying to revive the tug-of-war and spoiling a month's
accident-free statistics with a hencoop tumbling off his lorry, Nick has
to do some unusual traffic control at a donkey's funeral and why does
one old man never wear socks? Then there are human interest stories that
have nothing to do with crime about a couple for which everything goes
tragically wrong, a treasure hunt to help an old lady find a lost item
of jewelry and the mystery of the stolen sandwiches.
There is a soothing coziness about these tales that appeals, although
reading it I wondered which stories were true and which half-true or made
up - was policing ever this uneventful? Even if you have never seen or
heard of the series this ought to please if you are looking for a real
warm bath of a book.
Reviews
of other titles in this series
Constable
At The Double - Constable Around the Village #3 & Constable
Across The Moors #4
Constable
Over The Stile #17
Constable
Goes to Market #
22
Constable
Along the Riverbank #24
Constable In The Wilderness #26
Constable
over the Bridge
#27
Constable
Along The Trail #28
Constable
in the Country #29
Constable
On The Coast #30
Constable
on View #31
Constable
Beats The Bounds #32
Constable
at the Fair #33
Constable
Over The Hill #35
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