5 results for "Detective"

Justice without trial: law enforcement in democratic society

Skolnick, Jerome H.
Quid Pro Books presents the new Fourth Edition of JUSTICE WITHOUT TRIAL. At last in a library-quality, modern hardcover presentation, the 2015 edition features a light blue cover and adds a substantive new Foreword by Candace McCoy. [NOTE: Versions with a purple, white, or gray cover are of much earlier editions, even if this description appears on their product pages.] - This is the acclaimed and foundational study of police culture and practice, political accountability, application of and obedience to the rule of law in stops and arrests, and the dilemma of law versus order in free societies-by the renowned sociologist Jerome Skolnick using innovative and influential research techniques in law and criminology. A respected scholar in the early law and society movement, Skolnick interviewed police and criminals, rode extensively with police detectives and attended interrogations, and ultimately saw police conduct and mentality from the inside, before such methodology became popular. - Every student of law and society knows this book: now it is available again with a new Foreword by Dr. McCoy and a new Preface by the author. Fifty years after his innovative research and the first edition of this book, the continuity and change of policing and law is seen again, in all its richness and nuance. - Part of the 'Classics of Law & Society Series' from Quid Pro Books. Also available in paperback and parallel digital formats, 2011, for easy classroom adoption and diverse research options.
Quid Pro Books 2011 285 pages

Picture you dead

James, Peter
Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest installment of Peter James's award-winning detective series, which is now a major TV program, Grace, on Britbox starring John Simm as Roy Grace. Harry and Freya, an ordinary couple, dreamed for years of finding something priceless buried amongst the tat in a car boot sale. It was a dream they knew in their hearts would never come true - until the day it did.They buy the drab portrait for a few pounds, for its beautiful frame, planning to cut the painting out. Then studying it back at home there seems to be another picture beneath, of a stunning landscape. Could it be a long-lost masterpiece from 1770? If genuine, it could be worth millions.One collector is certain it is genuine. Someone who uses any method he can to get want he wants and will stop at nothing.Detective Superintendent Roy Grace finds himself plunged into an unfamiliar and rarefied world of fine art. Outwardly it appears respectable, gentlemanly, above reproach. But beneath the veneer, he rapidly finds that greed, deception and violence walk hand-in-hand. And Harry and Freya Kipling are about to discover that their dream is turning into their worst nightmare...
Macmillan 2022-07-26 434 pages

One of us is dead

James, Peter
The latest race-against-time instalment of the award-winning Grace series by Peter James, now a major BRITBOX show. Hunting him would be murder . . . When James Taylor arrives late for a funeral, he has to stand at the back of the small church. But as the service progresses, Taylor notices a man six rows in front of him. At first he thinks he must be mistaken, but the more he looks at him, the more convinced Taylor becomes that this is his old schoolfriend, Rufus Rorke. Except it couldn’t be him, could it? Because two years ago, Taylor attended Rufus Rorke’s funeral. He even delivered Rufus’s eulogy. . . On the other side of Brighton at Police HQ, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has been alerted to a number of suspicious deaths that he can’t get out of his mind. But how are they linked? And how could they possibly be connected to Rufus Rorke? Roy Grace is about to find out just how dangerous a dead man can be . . . 'Peter James is one of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world' - Lee Child 'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' - Karin Slaughter 'One of the world’s most popular detective series' - The Guardian
Macmillan 2024-10-22 441 pages

Fishkill. vol. 1

Fogler, Dan,Blum, Laurence
A love story wrapped in a modern noir that takes our hero down the conspiracy rabbit hole where he starts to question his own sanity. FishKill is a love story wrapped in a modern noir that takes our hero, Detective Bart Fishkill, so far down the conspiracy rabbit hole that he starts to question his own sanity even to the point of wondering whether if he isn’t the villain in the first place.
Heavy Metal Inc 2021-05-18 112 pages