Overview
Alibi is a gripping account of crime detection in 1980s London in which dedicated CID officers work side-by-side with the flotsam and jetsam of the Metropolitan Police. Recalling a time when being posted to Clapham served as 'punishment' for a range of disciplinary offences, Alibi describes how crimes were solved by a rag bag of officers, some more concerned with a lunchtime pint than policing tasks. The book centres on an horrific real-life double murder in which a suspect was charged but acquitted at the Old Bailey. It examines the inner workings of international drug dealing and the extraordinary deception and subterfuge of those involved. The result is a dark time capsule into which the author injects the expertise and powers of observation of his earlier true crime writings. Set against a fictional backdrop, Alibi looks beneath the surface of policing at a time when questionable activities by outcast detectives - never destined for Scotland Yard's elite Flying Squad - somehow 'got results.' Except in the Price-Tetrault case. With a Foreword by Rae Price, son of victim Brian Price, who still campaigns for justice 40 years on. The first whole book on a largely ignored case, Alibi challenges the reader to answer the question, What really happened on that horrific summer night in South London four decades ago?
Full Product Details
Author: Alan Jackaman ,
Rae Price
Publisher: Waterside Press
Imprint: Waterside Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.371kg
ISBN: 9781914603587
ISBN 10: 1914603583
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 21 April 2026
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Reviews
'A fascinating insider's account of a murder detective's life in South London in the 1980s. Alan Jackaman couples his personal experience investigating a brutal double murder with his skills as a writer and storyteller to give us a well-paced whodunnit. Peppered with colourful tales of policing 40 years ago, Alibi is also the story of a son's battle for justice and a police officer's relentless work to try to achieve it.'- Tom Pettifer, Crime Editor, Daily Mirror
Author Information
Alan Jackaman spent over 25 years as a police officer, including as a detective with London's Metropolitan Police Murder Investigation Team and Murder Review Group. He is the author of Napper: Through a Glass Darkly (2019) about the serial killer Robert Napper, which was the basis for Channel 4's drama documentary Deceit, and Who Really Killed Claire? (2023) about an alleged miscarriage of justice.
