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by Mike Pannett (Author)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Constable (29 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 184529811X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845298111
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,484 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century.

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A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century. Yorkshireman Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting as a local bobby in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots on the capital's streets and drug gangs in Battersea, and found out what it was like to stare down the wrong end of a sawn-off shotgun. Now, instead of hunting down knife-wielding muggers, he's chasing runaway bullocks, holding up the Last Night of the Proms traffic to escort a lost mole across the road and combing the countryside for the villains who stole the Colonel's balls. Mike's first year on his new patch is told in seventeen chapters which interweave his escapades on the beat month by month together with his growing knowledge of a landscape that changes with the seasons and some snapshots from his off-duty life. Here is a wonderfully entertaining celebration of North Yorkshire, its breathtaking scenery and wide variety of characters and communities.

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Spot on!, 5 Jun 2008
Being married to a Yorkshire city/rural Bobby for over 30 years I just couldn't resist this, and I wasn't disappointed. It brought back wonderful memories. He's just so spot on! Who wants misery rubbish publishers keep pushing at us? This book made me smile and left me feeling good to be alive. More please.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Could not put this down!, 31 May 2008
I had a hunch when this book arrived through the letterbox that I would enjoy it, and I was not disappointed! It was enjoyable on so many levels. As well as immersing you in the world of a northern bobby it paints a wonderful portrait of the part of the Yorkshire I love and in which I grew up. At times touching, gripping and hilarious, Mike Pannett truly is a modern day James Herriott. I haven't enjoyed a book so much since I was a boy.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book, marred by one thing, 22 Aug 2008
By R. D. Eager "rde42" (Herne Bay, Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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I too read the extracts in the Daily Mail, and thought it would be a good book to get. I read it quite quickly, thoroughly enjoying it. A real feelgood read.

What was wrong, then? Well, Mike is a Yorkshireman and obviously doesn't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. So he left the book effectively unfinished, with a cliffhanger - not what you expect from a book such as this. Ironically, the vagaries of binding left eight blank pages at the end, which added insult to injury. No doubt Mike will bring out another book and be laughing all the way to the bank.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Now then Lad.
A fantastic review of what policing is all about in North Yorkshire, and as I used to go to school in Malton, and lived in Scarborough, I know the area well. Read more
Published 20 days ago by Mrs. Jean Broadbent

3.0 out of 5 stars Now Then Lad
I thought the stories pick upfrom the middle to the end of the book. Not James Herriot, but made me laugh at times.
Published 24 days ago by V. Walker

4.0 out of 5 stars 'Now then Lad'
Now Then Lad...: Tales of a country bobby
This was the last on my list of a weeks holiday read.
Save the best till last eh ? Read more
Published 1 month ago by H. Whelan

4.0 out of 5 stars now then lad
Takes a wee bit of getting into at first then it grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. I have had some really strange looks when reading thois on the bus and in coffee shops... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lynne Mckeag

5.0 out of 5 stars A Bobbies'Bobby
I found this book by chance after seeing an advert in a magazine.As a retired rural police officer and with family living in North yorkshire I thought it was worth a look. Read more
Published 7 months ago by George Dixon

4.0 out of 5 stars Policing in the wilds of Yorkshire
Written in a conversational style the book takes you right into a year in the life of Mike Pannett who moved from the Met back to Yorkshire where he was born and bred. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Damaskcat

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Have just finished this book, and LOVED it. I found it kept my interest from start to finish. It was poignant-hilarious-interesting. Read more
Published 10 months ago by A lady from Devon

4.0 out of 5 stars Now Then Lad
What a thoroughly enjoyable read!! I can't wait to set off on my travels in order to see for myself the breathtaking beauty of North Yorkshire as so exquisitely described in Mike... Read more
Published 10 months ago by SJ Avery

5.0 out of 5 stars A right good read
Absolutely loved this....the authentic Yorkshire voice came through loud and clear, along with a deep love of the landscape and its people. Funny, gritty, true to life... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Karen Wolfe

5.0 out of 5 stars True Yorkshire brilliance!
I received this book for my birthday from my Yorkshire-based Uncle who has always tried to jokingly persuade me that Yorkshire is better than Edinburgh; whilst, of course, I have... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Hugh Mckenzie

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