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The Real Prime Suspect - From the beat to the screen. My life as a female detective. (Paperback)
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The Real Prime Suspect - From the beat to the screen. My life as a female detective. (Paperback)
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*** 'Jackie Malton lifts the lid on the jaw-dropping day-to-day
realities that have faced women cops.' -Val McDermid '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 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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