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Synopsis
Meet Jacob Smith. Your good old British policeman. The sort revered around the world. But Jacob’s not just a boring beat bobby – he’s a tactical firearms officer. A handsome, popular, financially secure specialist. Married, with two healthy, rounded, uninterested children. A connoisseur of fine cinema, who enjoys the occasional hit from his collection of do-it-yourself ‘art’ DVDs – the latest of which he ‘borrowed’ from a flat during a drugs warrant. An amateur historian, with a keen interest in the Vietnam War. And he does like to keep himself in shape, hence the rather large steroid habit – with the even larger amount of money he owes his dealer. And did we mention he’s partial to women’s feet? Which he doesn’t consider perverted in any way, oh no. And the girlfriend, his little Christmas treat to himself, who’s desperately trying to shrug him off now it’s the New Year? His supervisors, who are taking an increasing amount of notice in the way he conducts himself? Or what about his parents – do we really need to go there? As you can see, Jake’s a very busy boy. And his life is about to get a lot more complicated... Pocket Notebook is the debut novel from serving police officer Mike Thomas. An angry black comedy, it follows Jacob’s very public breakdown and subsequent fall from grace, all of which he meticulously records in his police notebook.
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About the Author
Mike Thomas is a 38-year-old serving police officer and has been a freelance writer for several years, publishing travel articles, web shorts and short fiction. Currently in the final throes of his Masters degree, he is married with two children. Pocket Notebook is his first novel.
Review
"Stuns like a truncheon, grips like a pair of handcuffs, crackles with charge like a taser. Reading Pocket Notebook is like being caught up in a riot: exhilarating, terrifying - it has an unstoppable momentum." -- Niall Griffiths "[This] arresting tale doesn't miss a beat...Jacob Smith has got a bad marriage, a penchant for steroids, a violent temper and a foot fetish. None of this would be particularly unusual if he was a villain - but, in Mike Thomas's debut novel, he's one of the policemen. And he's got a gun...While Pocket Notebook might become cult reading in police circles, it certainly isn't about to become a recruit training manual. This is an enjoyable black comedy that builds to an exciting climax." * Independent * "Pocket Notebook is most certainly not run of the mill... Mike Thomas can write very well indeed...he's come up with a cracker of a read...Needless to say, Smith is heading for an especially bloody end. It's who he'll take down with him that provides the suspense, and the horror." -- Henry Sutton * Mirror * "Enough black laughs to keep you turning the pages." -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times * "A fantastic debut from real-life PC Mike Thomas...Written with blistering brio and fantastic energy, this shows much promise." * Big Issue *
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