*** 'Jackie Malton lifts the lid on the jaw-dropping day-to-day
realities that have faced women cops.' -Val McDermid 'Pacy,
witty... 4*' - The Telegraph 'Jackie Malton was one of the women
who blazed a trail in the very macho world of policing. She was
indeed the real Prime Suspect, viewed with suspicion because of her
gender and her sexuality and, while it took its toll, she stood
out, proud and independent. She gave policing a good name. A
terrific read!' -Baroness Helena Kennedy QC 'Unputdownable. A
uniquely personal journey through recent decades of policing.
Searingly honest, shocking and funny.' -Barbara Machin, creator and
showrunner, Waking the Dead 'A police memoir like no
other...surprising, candid, unmissable.' -Kerry Daynes, bestselling
author of What Lies Buried and The Dark Side of the Mind Jackie
Malton was a no-nonsense girl from Leicestershire who joined the
police force in the 1970s when women were kept apart from the men.
Feisty and determined, Jackie worked in CID and the famous flying
squad before rising to become one of only three female detective
chief inspectors in the Metropolitan Police. In The Real Prime
Suspect, Malton describes the struggles she faced as a gay woman in
the Metropolitan Police, where sexism and homophobia were rife.
Jackie dealt with rapists, wife beaters, murderers, blackmailers
and armed robbers but it was tackling the corruption in her own
station that proved the most challenging. Ostracised and harassed
by fellow officers furious that she reported the illegality of some
colleagues, Malton used alcohol to curb her anxiety. A chance
meeting with writer Lynda La Plante five years later changed the
course of her life. Together they worked on shaping Jane Tennison,
one of TV's most famous police characters, in the ground-breaking
series Prime Suspect. Not long after, Malton recovered from
alcoholism and now works as an AA volunteer in prison and as a TV
consultant. Jackie has spent her life working in crime. Now she's
ready to share her story. 'The story of a pioneer, a determined
police officer who used her talent as a force for good. If it were
not for women like Jackie, policing today would be very different.'
-Colin Sutton, author of the Manhunt series 'A fascinating account
of Jackie Malton's remarkable career as a police officer, and how
she used that experience to bring a new kind of authenticity to
Prime Suspect and many other TV crime dramas and documentaries.'
-Neil McKay, TV writer and producer, Appropriate Adult 'Compelling,
enlightening and totally gripping' -Angela Marsons, author of the
DI Kim Stone series
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