When she made the decision to join the police force, Anne Ramsay had imagined what she would look like in a police uniform. She hadn't for one moment envisaged herself dressed as a drug-addicted prostitute, walking the streets of Glasgow at night, retracing the steps of a young girl recently murdered . . .
Girl in Blue is Anne's riveting story of the fourteen years she spent in the police, first as a WPC and then as a detective. Emerging from training school, Anne quickly found herself having to learn the ropes while out on the beat, never knowing whether she was about to come face to face with a violent criminal, a burglar funding his heroin habit, or even a corpse. From knocking on doors to deliver tragic news to unsuspecting relatives to catching drug dealers, and from watching a post-morten to solving murder cases, Anne describes the sometimes harsh realities of life as a police officer. Often moving, always gripping, and liberally spiked with black humour, Girl in Blue is one woman's unforgettable journey.
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Interest Age: From 18 years
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Höhe: 197 mm
Breite: 130 mm
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978-0-330-45826-9 (9780330458269)
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Anne Ramsay was twenty-one when she joined the police force and began working the hard-edged neighbourhoods of Glasgow. In 2006, after fourteen years on the force, during which she experienced so many things that most women her age have never dreamt of witnessing, she decided to take early retirement. She is now thirty-six years old and is studying law and philosophy at the University of Glasgow.
