The Man Who Loved Emmylou Harris
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I have had this story in my head for sometime now and gradually added bits and changed it so many times, until I was happy with the way it turned out. I included Emmylou Harris in the book after seeing her in concert in Glasgow and when my wife and I were walking through the city centre to get the train home a lot of the duties I had carried out came to mind and somehow Emmylou Harris became a major player in the book. Loss of life is a part of every policeman's life and some stick in your mind more than others. I found that the recovering of the body of the young girl from the mud of the quay side of the River Clyde most harrowing but in this job life must go on. I think the story and songs would make a good musical or film. Dolly Parton is associated with a musical based on her 9 to 5 film and song and I think that this story would do the same for Emmylou Harris
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About the Book
I have tried to encompass my experience in the police with fictional incidents and put this book together, marrying the two and culminating in this book.I am a huge Emmylou Harris fan and have included her in this story without any damage to her reputation. Each part of the story is named from music I have in my collection 'mostly country and western' I have frequently changed the end of the book several times before opting with this one. The raising the dead/tragedy part is real and I was in charge of the operation in retrieving the body lodged in the mud at the quay side. The botched bank robbery is also true and I was again one of the sergeants involved, most of the rest of the book is fictional but some of the characters are based on people I know
About the Author
The Author and his wife have been married for 46 years and have two sons. He served in the police for 28 years retiring early due to back problems and has a metal plate insert after 2 discs were removed from his lower back. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant and worked as a plainclothes sergeant in east end of Glasgow before being transferred to the Support Unit where he trained as a firearm officers and when necessary carried firearms in protection duties including royal visits and transfers of large sums of money. He was promoted to Inspector after 22 years service and served in that rank for 6 years before his early retirement. Most of his duties in all ranks were served on the street where he believed that that was where he belonged