Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this eARC.

I put off writing this review because as much as I LOVED the police officer memoir part of this book, I HATED the inclusion of the demise of this man's relationship., he blames everything on his wife, as though she even forced him into marriage ! I found that disrespectful and EXTREMELY irrelevant regarding the reason why most of us chose this book. This book became a DNF (Did Not Finish) for me at about 50 pages in, as the writer seemed to be writing a "revenge book" to talk about how much he hates his spouse or ex spouse. For someone so aggressive about successfully steering his career, I really doubt that was as passive as he writes concerning his personal life. Really, an editor should have pulled all this many areas in this book where the author shreds his ex-wife (I couldn't stand to read far enough to see if this ended on divorce, but if the author wasn't divorced when he wrote this book, he will or SHOULD be immediately after this book is published). For someone so accountable and proud of his professional life, he ruins the read by blaming every negative area of his life - even HIS affair - on his wife.

I really didn’t enjoy this book. It wasn’t well written- the language is clumsy and repetitive. I wonder if it was edited properly. I wanted to like it as I am always reading police procedural novels and as this is a memoir , I thought it would give the real side of the criminal world.

I thought the book portrayed an honest and accurate account of the Police force. Robert described his life in great detail and some elements of his work in particular were difficult to read. It is unflinching but authentic. I enjoyed it.

While this memoir is no different from other similar ones, the writing is gripping and the author shows you every part of police life you could want to see.

I think this was a largely enjoyable read, and I found the more horrific parts well told with excellent depth.

This was such a real and raw account of some of the instances that the author saw in his time as a serving Police Officer. At times I had my heart in my mouth so I can't even imagine what it was like in real time. Very readable and definitely one that I would not only recommend but would read again myself

An enjoyable if not at times traumatic look back at the authors career in the Police force and various situations he saw and handled and at times the toll it took on him and his personal life
It was told in a very’ ‘real’ way and you could feel the emotion in the writing
Lots of books about ex Police etc at the moment but this stands out for me because of the writing

This was a good policing book written by a former cop in England. Once he got on the force he became restless with what he was doing, and kept trying other areas of it, looking for what would fulfill him. His unsatisfying marriage added to things, and eventually he knew he had to make some serious changes. It also goes into the effect of accumulated trauma from seeing countless shocking events during his career, and how it had to be dealt with eventually.

I received a free copy of, No Man is Just a Number, by Robert Clarke, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Robert started his career as a police officer in the 90's. This is an interesting book, about a cop in Britain, and the many criminals and victims he met.