Book description
After ten years with the Metropolitan Police, Mike has returned to his
North Yorkshire roots. Working a rural beat in God's Own Country he
finds that life and crime in the countryside continue to throw up fresh
challenges. When a drug dealer targets the towns and villages of
Ryedale, Mike launches an investigation that will uncover nationwide
connections. News of a proposed ban on hunting with dogs raises hackles
amongst his friends and contacts, threatening to put him in the firing
line. And, as he starts working towards his sergeant's exams, there's
trouble on the home front. The roof at Keeper's Cottage springs a leak
during a thunderstorm - and they have to share their love-nest with the
builder. But none of this matches the drama of the anti-hunt demo which
threatens to stop a train bringing a local MP to town. With horseman
racing alongside the steam engine, and a protester lying on the tracks,
Mike has to call on all his resources to handle an inflammatory
situation with the media looking on. Mike Pannett was born in York,
and joined the Metropolitan Police in 1988. He became one of the
youngest officers to be given his own patch, and served on the
Divisional Crime Squad, Murder Squad and TSG (Riot Police). He
transferred to North Yorkshire police in 1997 as he missed the
countryside - and fly fishing! He became a rural beat officer and
eventually, a wildlife officer. In 2005 he starred in the BBC's Country
Cops and was inspired to write about his adventures in the North Yorks
force. Mike served nearly twenty years in the police, during which he
became one of the highest commended officers. He lives with his wife
Ann, who is still a serving police officer, and their three children in
a small village in the shadow of the North Yorkshire moors.
