A seminal series about the British judicial system examining endemic corruption from the perspectives of the police the criminal and the solicitor The novels in this omnibus edition became the basis of the groundbreaking and controversial television series Law OrderIn the wake of a bungled armed robbery the series focuses on Jack Lunn a villain already known to the police Inspector Fred Pyle a cynical Scotland Yard Detective determined to nick him and Alex Gladwell a cunning lawyer whos perverting the system in order to get him off As we are told the story from three different perspectives The Detectives Tale The Villains Tale and The Briefs Tale shocking questions begin to gather force was Lynn even at the robbery Do the police have any real evidence Do the courts really want justice done Do prisons change or simply reinforce criminal behaviourGF Newman secured himself a place in television history a brutal assault on the police and the manner in which some of them operate Daily Express