Constable Nick is a fresh-faced young policeman, with dreams of making it as a detective. At last, he gets his big break. With holiday madness at its height, the Crime Investigation Department needs a ...
02-22-2025 23:23 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Constable Nick doesn’t like to leave his own blissful rural beat out on the Yorkshire moors. But this time, it can’t be helped. Over in Strensford, a charming resort by the sea, holiday mania is at ...
02-22-2025 23:10 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
During a break from his usual village beat, young Police Constable Nick finds himself involved with holidaymakers and their problems. As well as the normal seaside duties, how does he cope with a man ...
02-22-2025 21:46 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Constable Nick returns from leave to discover changes at work and at home. The youthful Inspector Pollock, fresh from police college, sees himself as a new broom, ready to reform rural policing. Meanw ...
02-22-2025 22:00 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Although local crime is low, the first suspect for any wrongdoing is Claude Jeremiah Greengrass. Always coasting on the edge of the law, Greengrass has an answer for everything. Whether trying to earn ...
02-22-2025 22:32 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
The countdown to the Aidensfield gooseberry show has begun. Every grower in town has their eyes on the prize. But only one can be crowned Supreme Champion. Claude Greengrass will stop at nothing to wi ...
02-22-2025 22:48 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
The Yorkshire Moors are full of secrets. Constable Nick thinks he knows his patch like the back of his hand. But events are about to prove him wrong. As always, the trouble starts with Claude Jeremiah ...
02-22-2025 22:46 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
There’s never a dull moment for Constable Nick. And it’s all thanks to the good folk of Aidensfield. They’re the salt of the earth and would never miss church on a Sunday. But the rest of the week, ...
02-22-2025 22:35 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
And it’s all thanks to the wayward yeomen of Aidensfield. Namely: Farmer Reuben, a capering lush. Farmer Tim, who dreams of opening his own nudist colony. Farmer Seamus, whose cows run amok through t ...
02-22-2025 22:50 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Change is coming, whether the bobbies of Aidensfield like it or not. From now on, Sergeant Craddock will be heading up the force. He adores fussy admin and ballroom dancing, but knows next to nothing ...
02-22-2025 22:53 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Sergeant Blaketon is a force to be reckoned with — Ashfordly Police’s most redoubtable old stalwart. He’s ruled the roost longer than anyone cares to remember. Now comes the bombshell that he’s re ...
02-22-2025 22:52 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Scheming Greengrass has changed his ways, for one. Nowadays he’s the host of a plush new bed and breakfast, while gruff old Sergeant Blaketon is the darling of the local press. Has the entire village ...
02-22-2025 22:42 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Change is coming, whether the villagers like it or not. Plans are afoot to build a vast new reservoir, a mere stone’s throw from the sleepy village of Aidensfield. Now they know what’s coming, the v ...
02-22-2025 22:44 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
The trouble starts at Thorburn Bridge — a ramshackle stone affair out on the Yorkshire Moors. Like every village bobby, Constable Nick knows to avoid it like the plague. It’s not part of his beat. A ...
02-22-2025 22:55 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Market day in Ashfordly comes but once a week — and that’s more than enough for Constable Nick. Every Friday, traders and punters flock to the cobbled marketplace. All are eager to snag a bargain — ...
02-22-2025 22:56 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Surrounded by stunning long-distance views, Constable Nick takes advantage of the landscape to help in his constabulary duties. From a lofty vantage point, he sees a red-coated woman who vanishes minu ...
02-22-2025 23:14 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Constable Nick has his sights set on a promotion.But what if that means leaving his happy moorland home behind?As Nick ponders this dilemma, village life continues apace. What with kids skipping schoo ...
02-22-2025 22:59 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Dark days and ferocious weather. Cut-off villages and stranded animals can only mean one thing. Winter is coming to the North Yorkshire moors. And the bobbies of Aidensfield had better be ready. The b ...
02-22-2025 23:02 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
What does the future hold for Constable Nick? He’s grafted hard to pass his exams and is next in line for a promotion. But until a vacancy opens up, it’s business as usual on the Aidensfield beat.Wh ...
02-22-2025 23:04 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
October is coming, and Constable Nick has a string of puzzling cases on his hands. Hikers stumble on a brand-new coffin hidden out on the moors. Who is the owner? And how did it get there? Elsewhere, ...
02-22-2025 23:06 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
As he awaits his anticipated promotion, Constable Nick Rhea continues his work on the Yorkshire moorland beat of Aidensfield, reminiscing about his childhood in a similar idyllic village and making th ...
02-22-2025 23:07 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Summer is coming to the North Yorkshire moors. And it’s time for the folk of Aidensfield to partake in an ancient tradition known as “beating the bounds”. On this day, Constable Nick leads a motley ...
02-22-2025 23:18 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Constable Nick’s days on the beat are numbered. Out of the blue, he is promoted to a teaching post in a nearby town. It’s the opportunity he’s been waiting for. But how will the folk of Aidensfield ...
02-22-2025 23:21 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Constable Nick proves once again that a policeman's lot on the windswept heather-clad moors of North Yorkshire was a very happy one. In this delightful collection of tales of Daffodil Duty and Sheep W ...
02-22-2025 21:54 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
The work of Britain’s most popular copper is never done. Constable Nick’s happy beat in the North Yorkshire moors takes a watery turn when a bevy of bathing beauties causes a disturbance in local wa ...
02-22-2025 21:55 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Local aristocrat, Lord Thackerton is holding a party at Elsinby Hall to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. Constable Nick must make sure that everything is in order as there will be some VIP guests. Nic ...
02-22-2025 22:03 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
The villagers are quite a handful, from the rogue that is Claude Jeremiah Greengrass and his wily dog, Alfred, to the mysterious spinster Adelaide Bowes. Even some of the newcomers seem to be a little ...
02-22-2025 21:58 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
A hay barn is set on fire at Low Dale Farm. It seems that an arsonist is targeting isolated barns. Arnold Merryweather's ancient bus helps catch a car thief. And when Nick arrests not only a pig thief ...
02-22-2025 21:48 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
As Constable Nick awaits news of his future, he reminisces about times gone by in Aidensfield and recalls the variety of fairs he has attended. The arrival of a noisy fun fair sparked off a hunt for a ...
02-22-2025 23:19 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Nick joins the Criminal Investigation Department to learn about the work of the detectives in civilian clothes. Asked to keep a watchful eye on a house thought to be used as a brothel, Nick quietly cl ...
02-22-2025 21:51 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Constable Nick’s beat is modernized, with his police bike replaced by a mini-van. He gets more than he bargained for as his work draws him into closer contact with villagers, in more ways than one! T ...
02-22-2025 21:49 - Anonymous - Post new Fiction Section
Constable Nick patrols his rural Yorkshire beat on foot or on his trusty Francis Barnett motorcycle. But as beautiful as the villages are, they conceal real human drama. Nick is on hand to help out wh ...
02-19-2025 15:47 - Anonymous - Mystery
Constable Nick has come to know and love the host of characters who live and work on the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors. The amiable constable handles every encounter with his characteristic humour a ...
02-19-2025 15:45 - Anonymous - Mystery
Nick is settling into his role as a police constable in Aidensfield, getting to grips with rural life and his new colleagues and neighbours. Constable Nick maintains his warm approach through the vill ...
02-19-2025 15:42 - Anonymous - Mystery
Policeman Nick Rhea has been posted to the country with his wife Mary and their three small children. They move into the police house, high on a ridge overlooking the moors. It sits on the edge of the ...
02-17-2025 23:26 - Anonymous - Mystery