Conduct Unbecoming

"Bright, idealistic, and a touch naive, 23-year-old Bob Chambers seems launched on a successful career in the Metropolitan Police. But one day he is assigned to the importuning squad, trusted with surveillance - and more - in public toilets. The drama that unfolds shows a complex conflict of loyalties, leading from Bob's operation as agent provocateur to unsuspected discoveries about his own sexuality and the inevitable conflict with his superiors. A former policeman himself, Mike Seabrook conveys a unique insider's view on one of the most insidious aspects of policing in Britain today. Like his first novel Unnatural Relations, here again is both a highly charged novel of intrigue and an important social document"--Page 4 of cover