policeman

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The gentle Douglas Gilmour—legal guardian of Patience and a colleague of her late policeman father—is reprised by the very welcome Adrian Rawlins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

"Your eye is drawn along the two rows of people and it's then you see the policeman holding the little girl."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The retired policeman said Witherden shook his hand and congratulated him on taking aid to Ukraine, offering to see what he could do.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

As a policeman began to unscrew the globe, he yelled down from the ladder that there was something in there.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady