Non-fiction

Quick links:
Lady Policeman
Reluctant Nightingale
The British Policewoman: Her Story
Tales from Bow Street
Marlborough Street: The Story of a London Court
Blue Murder? Policemen Under Suspicion
Dreadful Deeds and Awful Murders: Scotland Yard’s First Detectives 1829-1878
Scotland Yard Casebook: The Making of the CID 1865-1935
Famous Prisons
Famous Trials
Protecting Yourself Against Criminals

Non-fiction bibliography and publishing history

Lady Policeman

ISBN hardback: 0718106202
First published in the UK in hardback by Michael Joseph, 1968
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‘Fun, and exciting too’ Sunday Mirror
‘Plenty of West End Central anecdotes’ The Guardian
‘a most arresting book’ Coventry Evening Telegraph
‘nothing plodding about her account’ Newcastle Evening Chronicle
‘An absorbing read’ Yorkshire Evening Post

ISBN hardback: 0460039563
First published in the UK hardback by Dent, 1970

‘compulsive reading’ Newcastle Evening Chronicle
‘Informative, compassionate and often very funny’ Catholic Herald
‘fascinating account’ South Wales Echo
‘highly readable’ Police Word
‘forthright, funny and sad in turn’ Woman’s Journal
‘vastly entertaining’ Cork Examiner

ISBN hardback: 0709175469
First published in the UK hardback by Hale, 1978
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‘Mrs Lock has done an excellent job…What a wonderful story is unfolded… This is an excellent book.’ Constabulary Gazette
‘enthralling’ Daily Telegraph
‘entertaining, at times very funny and sometimes moving’ Police

Tales from Bow Street

ISBN hardback: 0709005369
First published in the UK hardback by Hale, 1982
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‘a useful corrective to those who think the law is pedestrian’ Sunday Telegraph, Martin Gilbert
‘fascinating account’ East Anglian Daily Times
‘a very interesting volume’ Evening Post Reading
‘a lively account’ Eastern Daily Press
'a vivid and enthralling picture’ Thames View (Thames Valley Police)

Marlborough Street: The Story of a London Court

‘a valuable inside account of functions and procedures as well as a record of outstanding cases’ Daily Telegraph
‘Spiced with pungent and sometimes opinionated comment and always compulsively readable’ Times Literary Supplement
‘delightful little anecdotes’ Law Society Gazette
‘A fascinating account…Vividly captures the Victorian attitudes to crime. This is a fine and comprehensive account of the court’s work, and is written in an easy-to-read manner. It is an excellent book.’ Police Box

Blue Murder? Policemen Under Suspicion

ISBN hardback: 0709026358
First published in the UK hardback by Hale, 1986
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‘one you should not miss’ Police Review

Dreadful Deeds and Awful Murders: Scotland Yard’s First Detectives 1829-1878

ISBN hardback: 0950905763
First published in the UK hardback by Barn Owl Books, 1990
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‘this engrossing and convivial book’ London Evening Standard

Scotland Yard Casebook: The Making of the CID 1865-1935

ISBN hardback: 070904660X
First published in the UK hardback by Hale, 1993
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‘a good read, well written’ New Law Journal
‘an engrossing gallery’ Eastern Daily Press
‘a most intriguing history’ Jersey Evening Post

Famous Prisons (Crime and Detection*)

ISBN hardback1590843800
First published in the US in hardback by Mason Crest Publishers, 2003
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Famous prisons and their occupants from island Alcatraz to Dartmoor Prison set on bleak and desolate Devon moorland.

Famous Trials (Crime and Detection*)

ISBN 1590843819
First published in the US in hardback by Masons Crest Publishers, 2003
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Historic and contemporary murder trials and why they became famous.

Protecting Yourself Against Criminals (Crime and Detection*)

ISBN1590843851
First published in the US in hardback by Masons Crest Publishers, 2003

Advice on guarding yourself against sexual predators, muggers, stalkers, auto-theft, guns, bombs and terrorists.

*Mason Crest Crime and Detection illustrated series for young adults:
 ‘Recommended.’ Library Media Connection (Professional magazine for US school libraries.)

Non-fiction Anthologies

‘The Murder of Marilyn’: Medical Murders. Ed: Jonathan Goodman, Piatkus, 1991