One example who is seldom mentioned anymore is Maurice Proctor. After
nearly twenty years walking a beat as a constable in Yorkshire, he was
an early pioneer in the police procedural with novels including (HELL
IS A CITY (U.S. title SOMEWHERE IN THIS CITY) 1953, MAN IN AMBUSH
(1958), THE DEVIL WAS HANDSOME (1961), ROGUE RUNNING (1966), and
several others. All of the mentioned titles are part of a series
featuring Chief Inspector Harry Martineau of a fictional city based on
Manchester, England. His THE PUB CRAWLER (1956) is another police
procedural but not part of the Martineau series. It's quite good.
Richard Moore
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