The Thick Blue Line

Jayne Gooding makes a fictional debut with her hard hitting account of Lucy Penfold, a woman police officer, during the 1970's and 1980's. A time of mass unemployment for the young, serious economic crisis, strikes, sexism, homophobia, racism and hairy chested medallion men. A period of political and social change with free contraception and the Sex Discrimination Act leading to a new sense of liberation for woman although balanced against a backdrop of inequality. Can Lucy endure the events of her past? Will she survive the male dominated police force while discovering her own sexuality?