"The reader is given a glimpse of the hard, unromantic work entailed in sifting evidence and separating the 'truth, lies and mistakes' of a number of interesting and varied cases spanning the years 1953 to 1972. The stories run the gamut from grisly horror to farcical humour, leaving us with a new vision of the vicissitudes of a policeman's lot as well as a slice of pre-independence Zimbabwe history"--Page 4 of cover.