Flashpoint — David Hodges

A gripping police novel, realistically written by a former policeman. Veteran police sergeant Jim Calder agrees to look after a sealed package for a friend and soon regrets his decision when the package is stolen and his friend disappears.Against a backdrop of the first police strike in over a hundred years, Calder finds himself drawn deeper into a cesspool of deceit, corruption and murder. Only when the final drama is played out in the riot torn streets does he learn the whole truth.