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Praise for
Villains
April 22, 2008 (San Dimas, CA)
Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local
police officers who have written books. The
website also has separate listings for federal and international
law enforcement officials. One author listed,
Dick Kirby, recently released his new book
Villains.
Dick Kirby was born in the East-End of London,
England in 1943. He joined the London Metropolitan
Police in 1967.
Dick Kirby worked as a detective sergeant in
east and north London and served on Scotland Yard's Serious
Crime Squad and the Flying Squad for half of
his 26 years of service. Throughout his career he was commended on 40 occasions
for courage, leadership and his detective ability. He retired from the
police force in 1993.
Dick Kirby is the author of Rough
Justice, The Real Sweeney, Youre Nicked
and his most recent release Villains.
Dirk Kirbys latest book is received strong
praise:
All
of the stories are told with
Dick Kirbys acerbic, black humor in a
compelling style by a detective who was there.
American Police Beat, April 2008 edition.
a great collection of true stories that rival the
best of the fictional yarn spinners.
Joseph Wambaugh.
Im
a huge
Dick Kirby fan this is a fast-paced, riveting
read, made even more enjoyable by Kirbys trademark humor.
Tangled Web Website, March 2008.
This is magic. The artfulness of these anti-heroes has you pining for the good
old days.
The Daily Sport, 28 February 2008.
According to the book description
of Villains, Police
officers are now no longer encouraged to talk to criminals, and thats a pity.
Wonderful stories once were shared as a result of a quick pint with a snout down
the pub, or as a respite during interrogation, when both copper and criminal
would stop for a fag. Those were the glory days, where gripping accounts of
slashings, fit-ups, dodgy deals, blaggings and petermen would filter through and
become folklore. These days such intimacy is frowned upon (and smoking in
interrogation cells is of course banned) so it is only here that these stories
can be recounted. In Villains Tales the reader will be introduced to the bad,
the mad and the dangerous to know, recounted in gripping style by those who had
intimate dealings with the shady characters, both criminal and copper, from
Londons underworld, long ago.
More information about
Dick Kirby is available at
www.police-writers.com/dick_kirby.html
Police-Writers.com now hosts 981
police officers (representing 411 police
departments) and their 2079
police books in 35 categories, there are also
listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors,
international
police officers who have written books and
civilian
police personnel who have written books.
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