The Inside View of Police Procedure

Charles Hayward's father, Sir Arthur Hayward, is the assistant commissioner of Scotland Yard. He introduces Charles to Chief Inspector Tabinger and encourages Charles to go to three gables with him. The family turns out so self-involved no one even bothers asking why he's there - which is fascinating. "There's a certain sort of intimacy in the police scenes that I don't think we often get in a Christie novel"