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Nipper: the story of Leonard `Nipper' Read

01 January 1991

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Nipper: the story of Leonard `Nipper' Read
libdoc March=1992

Author: Read, Leonard with Morton, James
Publisher: Macdonald 1991, Index

Keywords: Metropolitan Police, CID, Crime,

Read "came to London in the freezing winter of 1947 to start his
training...After he joined the CID he developed a flair for
undercover which would stand him in good stead throughout his
career.
In 1964 Read was invited to put together a team `to have a go'
at the
Kray gang..." (Publishers text)

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