There are lots of reasons to enjoy this book of anecdotes. It’s relaxing for one thing, miles away from today’s policing methods and recalls an age when a "bobby" had more pleasant duties than just sorting out crimes. As a lover of the beautiful North York moors I enjoy reading about them, and the author is adept at conveying their beauty in his writing. It is social history too, recalling paper chases, old laws, sayings, bits of local history and a time well within many adults’ memories that is so different to today. It’s easy to see why this series (both in book form and on TV) has been running for so many years and, perhaps best of all for a series you can start reading it at any book you like!