The Real Prime Suspect: From the beat to the screen. My life as a female detective.

Jackie Malton, Helene Mulholland

Jackie Malton was a no-nonsense girl from Leicestershire who joined the police force in the 1970s when women were kept apart from the men. Feisty and determined, Jackie worked in CID and the famous flying squad before rising to become one of only three female detective chief inspectors in the Metropolit...