This is an extremely well written account of a young detective's experience trying to apprehend drug dealers. Unfortunately everything goes wrong and the detective ends up in court himself accused of perjury. It is a true story and a very, very accurate account of what policing London was like in the 1970's, in particular focussing on the Drug Squad at Scotland Yard. I am a London Police Officer and was working in London's West End during the time of this book. I remember the incident and the trial. I met Adam - the subject of the book. Reading the book brought back vividly graphic memories of that era. The book will give the reader a feeling of the excitement, pressures, problems and heartaches of real police work. I recommend it to anyone.

This book is a True story About Red Watch Based in Paddington Fire Station London in the late 1960's. Fire Fighter Hamish Harry Petit Lost his life when the building collapsed after attending a fire in Maida Vale and tells the story about the event's leading upto and after the fire.

The Station officer Neil Wallington went on to become cheif Fire officer of Devon and Cornwall Fire Brigade and also an accomplished author writing books about the Fire and Rescue services in the UK.

You want a good read well this the book to buy.

I just wish i had $... dollars spare.

I've read this book four or five times now - it's easily the best book on the Fire Service I've ever read - and believe me, I've read a LOT of Fire Service books. Not dramatised in any way, the blend of humour, wit, and true-life heroism - and thats NOT exaggerated - sets the perfect scene for the most moving story of the death of a young London fire-fighter and the fire which killed him. The book is uncomplicated although it tells the story of the massive blaze in intricate detail - but is at no point boring in any way. I would recommend this book to anyone - not just those interested in the Fire Service. In fact, those not affiliated with the Fire Service would probably find the story told in this book even more amazing, and would help them better understand the fabulous and extremely courageous role fire-fighers play in protecting us, by choice, every day.

There is no better way to understand the pain and suffering caused by the use of nuclear weapons than to read Tatsuichiro Akizuki's eyewitness account of the atomic bomb damage to Nagasaki. Dr. Akizuki not only describes the immediate devistation caused by the nuclear blast that hit Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945 but also chronicles his attempts as a physican to deal with the injuries of the people who survived the initial blast. It is a very compelling story.

I read this book as a teenager, and to this day, (many years later) I still have the images this story created, soldered to my soul. It was not only romantic, but frightening. A young couple are deeply in love. It looks like it may end, but then again...