Ernie

Almost a true story. Except for the bits that are not.

Ernie Smith hated his name, his rough start in life and the streets that tried to define him. All he wanted was to wear the blue uniform and become someone worth remembering. Turned away by the police at eighteen, he grew up, served his country, and came back determined to prove them wrong.

Detective Inspector Don Cheshire does things his own way. Rules, in his view, are for fools, and he has bent a few to get dangerous criminals off the streets. When a ruthless gang of armed robbers shows it will shoot a police officer without a second thought, Don and Ernie are thrown together on a case that will test both men to their limits.

There is a raid that ends in a death. There is a disciplinary investigation, a mountain of evidence, and a trial at the Old Bailey that could make or break careers. But justice doesn't always arrive the way it should, and some wounds are never seen.

Steve Thrift, author of Nothing Like the Truth and Jack, blends fact and fiction in this gripping story of loyalty, duty and the price of doing the job.

If you enjoy British police dramas, courtroom suspense, and stories that ask where the truth ends and fiction begins, you won't put this one down.

Grab your copy today and decide for yourself which parts really happened.