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Amongst the earliest police memoirsThis volume, an enlarged version from its first appearance in 1860, is a collection of true-crime stories. Written by Thomas Waters, aka William Russell, a detective inspector in London, the stories are based on real events. From run-ins with gamblers, through burglaries and missing persons to counterfeiting, Waters has seen it all.
Amongst the earliest police memoirsThis volume, an enlarged version from its first appearance in 1860, is a collection of true-crime stories. Written by Thomas Waters, aka William Russell, a detective inspector in London, the stories are based on real events. From run-ins with gamblers, through burglaries and missing persons to counterfeiting, Waters has seen it all.