Inspector Ryga's world in 1950 set mystery DEATH IN THE COVE
Policing and detection in Inspector Ryga's world in 1950 set mystery DEATH IN THE COVE
DEATH
IN THE COVE is set in 1950 England, a country still reeling from the
aftermath of war with austerity and rationing biting hard. Newly
promoted to detective inspector, Ryga from Scotland Yard, is on his
first solo investigation outside of London, to solve the mystery of why a
man in a pin-striped suit is found murdered in an isolated cove on the
Island of Portland in Dorset.
This article looks at some of the aspects of policing in 1950
England - communicating with the police, reporting in, women in the
police and police vehicles.
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