Constable over the Bridge

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The trouble starts at Thorburn Bridge — a ramshackle stone affair out on the North York Moors. Like every village bobby, Constable Nick knows to avoid it like the plague. It’s not part of his beat and no one will thank him for crossing over.

Alas, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass has never been one for boundaries. Late one night, he goes careering over the bridge at breakneck speed — and the peace of Constable Nick’s patrol is shattered.

Can he rescue Greengrass and his hens while somehow preserving Sergeant Craddock’s record for road safety? Or is the reputation of the Aidensfield Division about to go floating off downriver?

Constable over the Bridge was originally published in 1979.