Constable on the Hill, Nicholas Rhea
Constable on the Hill, Nicholas Rhea
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Constable on the Hill

Author: Nicholas Rhea

Narrator: Philip Franks

Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/09/2021

Synopsis

In the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside of the 1960s, Constable Nick’s roles are as varied as the eccentric villagers. He handles every encounter with his characteristic humor, humanity, and professionalism.His investigations include the case of a clever pony who keeps escaping, a woman running through town naked, and a pack of Canadian timber wolves hanging out in a bus shelter.He soon gets to know all the characters on his beat, from his superior officer Sergeant Blaketon to Claude Jeremiah Greengrass, whose lurcher Alfred lands him with a summons for “allowing a dog to worry livestock on agricultural land.” The ever-resourceful Claude Jeremiah offers the defence that Alfred’s victim, a budgie, cannot be described as livestock!

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 Linda

This book was the first title in Nicholas Rhea's Constable series, which inspired the largely successful TV series Heartbeat. It is based on the author's own experience as a village constable in the North York Moors. The author passed away in 2007. First in a series, this book introduces Constable Ni......more

Goodreads review by Louise

Constable Nick Mystery #1 2.5 stars rounded up to 3 This is the first book in the constable series which inspired the British tv series Heartbeat. Set in the 1960's in the North Yorkshire Moors. Nick Rhea, his wife and three children have just moved to Aidensfield. But the village is not as quiet as h......more

Goodreads review by Louise

Constable Nick Mystery #1 2.5 stars rounded up to 3 This is the first book in the series which inspired the British TV series Heartbeat. Set in the 1960's in the North Yorkshire Moors. Nick Rhea, his wife and three children have just moved to Aidensfield. But the village is not as quiet as he was expec......more

Quotes

“Stories of a constable on his village beat in North Yorkshire. All very gentle and far, far removed from the hurly burly of modern day city policing.” Daily Telegraph (London), praise for the series

“It’s original, it’s funny…one of life’s little pleasures.” Yorkshire Post (Leeds), praise for the series

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