Constable Nick of Aidensfield learned a thing or two from his training sergeant. Not least: a good constable will always be on view.

As a village bobby, Constable Nick has made these his words to live by, handling each new case with the utmost discretion.

Even if it happens to be Claude Jeremiah Greengrass’s missing door knockers. He says they’ve been stolen, and it’s up to Constable Nick to track them down. All two tons of them . . .

And that’s not Nick’s only headache right now. Thanks to a note-writing burglar, a mystery woman in red and a church full of bats, there’s never a dull moment for hard-working Constable Nick.

The brilliantly entertaining and heartwarming books behind the hit 90s TV series Heartbeat. One of the top ten most watched shows of the decade.