__TOC__ Dogged Chief Inspector Derek Conway may have seemed a straightforward old-fashioned copper, but he hadn’t got where he was without cunning. In his eyes real police work began and ended on the streets – not behind desks or in the files of well-meaning experts. He had little patience with modern theories and PC initiatives. Dour, and determined that none should be promoted to a role that threatened his (which he'd reached as a result of resolute persistence rather than any outstanding talent) - that was his style. But he was still valuable to Sun Hill. His organisational abilities and talents as a negotiator were second to none.