John Knowles writes about scenes from police life. He writes from first-hand experience, having been a police officer for most of his adult life. He presents eleven accounts, each one with an interesting plot and a variety of arresting characters. We meet PC 1328 Catchpole, a comparative rookie, and Clogger himself, as well as a range of other officers and assorted villains. All are characters to remember. John Knowles writes with wit and insight. Now retired to Spain, near Alicante, John Knowles still views life with the trained eye of the police officer, and who knows what may crop up in his next set of reminiscences.