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THE PICASSO SCAM BY Stuart Pawson

Synopsis:

Detective Inspector Charlie Priest - "as in Roman Catholic" of Heckley CID is the kind of copper who likes to get on with the job, though his unorthodox methods have held him at Inspector level for a record-breaking length of time. Yet while few other modern detectives would chase a Rolls Royce down the lanes of West Yorkshire in a clapped-out Cortina, Priest does get results. When he's not putting crooks behind bars he's looking out for his team of young constables, only too aware that for them as much as for him the knockabout humour of the copshop is in stark contrast to the dangers they face on the beat.
Sheep stealing and shoplifting are everyday crimes in Heckley, but there are local villains with bigger fish to fry. When Charlie suspects a now-respected businessman, with a background of extortion and GBH, of involvement in an international art fraud, he's taking on an enemy with friends in high places. But Charlie can be persistent to the point of recklessness, and once he's realised there's a link to the doctored heroin that's striking down the local kids, no threat will stop him.
"... is written with successful jocular gusto. It's a good tale; Pawson is very much an author to keep one's eye on in the future." Birmingham Post.
"If you like the Touch of Frost series on TV then I suggest that you meet Mr Pawson's equally off-beat West Yorkshire sleuth Det Insp. Charles Priest. This is a great mixture of crime and Chuckles." East of England Journal

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Copyright 1995 Stuart Pawson

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has been asserted by him in accordance with the

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

First published in 1995 by HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Pawson, Stuart Picasso Scam I. Title 823 [F]

ISBN 0-7472-1367-4 Typeset by Avon Dataset Ltd, Bidford-on-Avon, B50

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