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The Sweeney #1
The Sweeney: Regan
In the first of the three Sweeney novels written by the creator of the TV series, Detective Inspector Jack Regan, expert at evading the proper channels, insolent and insubordinate to his superiors, exercises his usual trump card of cases solved with successful convictions.When he is ordered to London airport to pick up Lieutenant Ewing of the San Francisco and to cooperate with him in finding a police killer believed to be in London, Regan, pursuing a line of his own, finds the American an embarrassment and soon the two men are engulfed in a dangerous clash of personalities. The Lieutenant shoots first and asks questions – if at all – afterwards. Regan finds himself involved in a case that grows into something much more violent and sinister than he had envisaged.This is the first of the three novels, ‘Regan’, ‘The Manhattan File’, and ‘The Deal of the Century’, published at the time of the original series.Ian Kennedy Martin is the creator of Thames Television’s enormously popular TV series.www.iankennedymartin.com
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218 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 12, 1975
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Ian Kennedy Martin
16 books1 followerIan Kennedy Martin is a British television scriptwriter. He is best known for his creation of the popular 1970s police drama series The Sweeney, produced by Euston Films for Thames Television, which ran on the ITV network from 1975 to 1978. It also spawned two feature film spin-offs. He is also known for writing the 1975 action film Mitchell.
He began his television career in the 1960s, first as a script editor on the military police drama series Redcap (1964) and then later as a writer on series such as The Troubleshooters (1965). In 1971 he worked on the popular BBC drama series The Onedin Line, which ran for nine years until 1980.
Since the end of The Sweeney in 1978, Kennedy Martin has continued to write for various police / detective dramas. These have included the BBC's Juliet Bravo and The Chinese Detective during the 1980s and ITV's The Knock in the 1990s. He has also written a number of novels, including Rekill and the dystopian science fiction novel The Last Crime, this last under the pseudonym John Domatilla. On 9th March 2009, his first play, The Berlin Hanover Express premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in North London.
He is the younger brother of the scriptwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, with whom he worked on Redcap and The Sweeney.
He began his television career in the 1960s, first as a script editor on the military police drama series Redcap (1964) and then later as a writer on series such as The Troubleshooters (1965). In 1971 he worked on the popular BBC drama series The Onedin Line, which ran for nine years until 1980.
Since the end of The Sweeney in 1978, Kennedy Martin has continued to write for various police / detective dramas. These have included the BBC's Juliet Bravo and The Chinese Detective during the 1980s and ITV's The Knock in the 1990s. He has also written a number of novels, including Rekill and the dystopian science fiction novel The Last Crime, this last under the pseudonym John Domatilla. On 9th March 2009, his first play, The Berlin Hanover Express premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in North London.
He is the younger brother of the scriptwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, with whom he worked on Redcap and The Sweeney.
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July 14, 2023
I enjoyed it having met the author but not seen any of the sweeney tv series my friend is a huge fan and told me how dark it was and having read it I certainly agree there were different dark times in the cop world can’t wait for the next book
August 7, 2021
An ok read. Not a literary masterpiece but a decent quick read.
It is easy to imagine the characters due to the shows popularity. I won't be searching out any more books from this series.
I used to love the television series, full of action and characters that are thankfully not so common these days.
I am sure there are better books out there than this offering.
It is easy to imagine the characters due to the shows popularity. I won't be searching out any more books from this series.
I used to love the television series, full of action and characters that are thankfully not so common these days.
I am sure there are better books out there than this offering.
February 23, 2019
Somewhat darker than the TV series.
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