Constable in the Dale, Nicholas Rhea
Constable in the Dale, Nicholas Rhea
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Constable in the Dale

Author: Nicholas Rhea

Narrator: Philip Franks

Unabridged: 5 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/08/2021

Synopsis

Dirty tricks at the best-kept village competitionConstable Nick patrols his rural Yorkshire beat on foot or on his trusty Francis Barnett motorcycle. But as beautiful as the villages are, they conceal real human drama.Nick is on hand to help out when Aidensfield decides to enter the Best Kept Village competition and finds itself the victim of a dirty tricks campaign by its rivals.Then there is the mystery of the spontaneously combusting hen-house, and Nick has to cope with the consequences when the vicar tries a novel way of keeping the churchyard tidy.

About Nicholas Rhea

Nicholas Rhea (1936–2017) began to writing in the late 1950s after years of casual interest, having his first short story published in the Police Review. As he continued to rise through the ranks at the region’s police headquarters in Northallerton, he published his first novel, Carnaby and the Hijackers, in 1976. He is primarily known for his Constable Nick series, inspired by his many years of police service. He retired in 1982 to concentrate on his writing, encouraged by an interest in his Constable books from Yorkshire Television. This was to become the highly popular Heartbeat series, which ran for eighteen seasons and over 350 episodes.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Les on May 21, 2024

Enjoyed it all apart from the first event. However that is just a personal liking.......more

Goodreads review by Ernest Godfrey on July 07, 2017

Enjoyable Lovely for a change not to read about serial killers world domination Armageddon but instead "an ordinary tale of countrywide" to coin a phrase. Not sure if a policeman should exceed his duties so often or so flagrantly but still such is life. Loved the setting which is where I moved to on......more

Goodreads review by Laura on October 20, 2015

I loved this book so much that I've bought them from the beginning, lovely glimpse into the past of country life. Very much reminds me of being little!......more

Goodreads review by Deb on July 09, 2018

Old-fashioned Stories Not my usual type of book to read. A lot of small short stories that are not truly mysteries. They are more like little innocent, sweet recollections of everyday life in a little village as told by a country policeman. It was a very different read for me. Not as expected; but a......more

Goodreads review by Mary on April 07, 2023

I am very sad because this may be the last Constable Nick Mystery that I had not read. And there won't be any more. They have been so sweet and heart-warming and just a series of stories about folks in trouble but not trouble that can't be settled. Maybe because I knew this was the last one for me I......more

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