Episode I
HAINAULT
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Everyone, they say, has a skeleton in their closet. For the Commanding Officer of the Haychester Division of the Department of National Security & Civil Defence, one of the most painful of these suddenly returns to haunt him.
An old enemy and associated sinister dark agents are on the move and revenge is in the air as they have a job to finish and a fifteen year long score to settle.
The Commander has to rely on every skill at his disposal and the loyal support of his new Deputy who is thrown right into the deep end in this thrilling first part in the free online Security Novels series.
Action, suspense, thrills, spills, humour and the odd stolen elephant or two await.....
Background:
The story obtains its name from the name of the investigating report into the tragic incident that occurred some years before the novel begins and forms the backbone of what takes place.
The Department of National Security & Civil Defence replaced the combined operations of the Police, Customs & Excise and other Civil Security services in the UK under a United Nations initiative in 1982.
All officers are permanently armed and most are uniformed. The uniforms differ between different divisions/counties as may be noted in the text of the story as Deputy Commander Tracy Caverner is witnessed at the beginning transferring from Hampshire Division over to Haychester which comes under Sussex.
Patrol cars, motorbikes and associated vehicles all carry a red based livery but apart from that are pretty much what the real Police use in the UK today.
Haychester is better known as the ancient city of Chichester, the county town of West Sussex and originally constructed by the Roman Empire in the first century A.D. Some of the City's peculiarities are reflected in both Hainault and the first sequel Holborn.
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