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Source ISBN: 9780007494606
Ebook Edition © June 2015 ISBN: 9780008135041
Version: 2016-11-17
For the brave loons and quines
who made Grampian Police
the great force it was
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Without Whom
Run.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Monday Backshift – Cromarty: Seven to Eight, Rising. Occasionally Severe.
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Wednesday Backshift – Some People Just Need a Clip Round the Ear …
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Thursday: Rest Day
Chapter 22
Friday: Rest Day
Chapter 23
Saturday Earlyshift – Hindsight is a Treacherous Mirror.
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Saturday Lateshift – Young Love.
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Sunday Earlyshift – Drugs for a Fairy Princess.
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
