Unlike the previous two tie-in novels in this series i can't remember anything about the 1970s crime show starring Stratford Johns as Detective Chief Superintendent Barlow. I probably did see it as a child, or at least was in the room when it was on. So i approached this book completely blind... and enjoyed it very much. It is a very good read, with 6 original scripts from the show converted into a novel.
While it is very well done this maybe leads to my only criticism i have with the book is that sometimes the dialogue is a little hard to follow as its often rapid fire with no naming of who is saying what so you can get a little lost. What can work well on screen does not always translate to text, and vice versa.
However this only a minor quibble. As with the Superintendent himself the book is straight forward and leaves no stone unturned. I did hope the story was a novelisation of a now forgotten 70s spin-off of Coronation Street where Ken took time off to investigate crimes but alas...
