Philip Franks

Dirty tricks at the best-kept village competitionConstable Nick patrols his rural Yorkshire beat on foot or on his trusty Francis Barnett motorcycle. But as...

Rural life has plenty of surprises for Constable Nick.Constable Nick has come to know and love the host of characters who live and work on the beautiful...

Alone in the midnight hours with nothing but dead leaves, stray cats, and legends of ghosts and ghoulies to accompany him. A sleeping village doesn't mean a...

In the splendid countryside of North Yorkshire, there's barely time to stop for Constable Nick Rhea.Not when missing sheep need locating, stray dogs need...

Britain's most popular bobby gets back on the beat.Constable Nick proves once again that a policeman's lot on the windswept heather-clad moors of North...

A canine crisis for Constable NickNick is settling into his role as a police constable in Aidensfield, getting to grips with rural life and his new...

There is a crime wave in the village."If we suffered three crimes in the district during a month, the local papers described it as a crime wave. These waves...

Modern life catches up with the village bobbyConstable Nick's beat is modernized, with his police bike replaced by a minivan. He gets more than he bargained...

A delightful account of Constable Nick's foray into the CID, or, as he thinks of it, "Constable In Disguise"Nick joins the Criminal Investigation Department...

A stolen maypole, romantic con artists, and the case of a missing child. The villagers are quite a handful, from the rogue that is Claude Jeremiah Greengrass...

In the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside of the 1960s, Constable Nick's roles are as varied as the eccentric villagers. He handles every encounter with...

Constable Nick's off to the seasideDuring a break from his usual village beat, young Police Constable Nick finds himself involved with holidaymakers and...