Streets of .... London with Barry Faulkner's DCS Palmer series
DCS Palmer of the Met is a Londoner. Born in S London his Met career started on the East End beat in the 60’s and then as a young CID constable fighting the organised crime gangs of the Krays and Richardson’s amongst others and progressed to now, where as head of the Serial Murder Squad he fights retirement as hard as he fights crime. Sometimes in a current case an old adversary from the early days pops up. Not one to pull punches or give a hoot for political correctness if it hinders his inquiries Palmer has gone as far as he will go in the Met. and he knows it. Master of the one line put down and slave to his sciatica he can be as nasty or as nice as he likes. The mid 1990’s was a time of re-awakening for Palmer as the Information Technology East End revolution turned forensic science, communication and information gathering skills upside down. Realising the value of this revolution to crime solving Palmer co-opted Detective Sergeant Gheeta Singh,...