Dennis W McGookin

Born in 1950s Belfast, DENNIS McGOOKIN had always wanted to be a police officer. His first plan - to join the Royal Ulster Constabulary - was derailed after his uncle, a serving police officer, was targeted by the IRA. After some heavy wrangling with his family, the teenaged McGookin accepted a compromise to join a police force in England instead. The Many Faces of Crime is his first book.

Born in 1950s Belfast, DENNIS McGOOKIN had always wanted to be a police officer. His first plan - to join the Royal Ulster Constabulary - was derailed after his uncle, a serving police officer, was targeted by the IRA. After some heavy wrangling with his family, the teenaged McGookin accepted a compromise to join a police force in England instead. The Many Faces of Crime is his first book. See less