Blue: A Memoir – Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces (Paperback)

This courageous and finely written book is a timely invitation to think more deeply about what we ask of our police - Jane Shilling, DAILY MAIL

A stark account of a talented police officer's breakdown . . . This is a startlingly honest book and the final two chapters are heartbreaking - Richard Morrison, THE TIMES

I read BLUE more or less in one sitting. I thought it was wonderful - very powerful, deeply moving and utterly honest - Henry Marsh, author of DO NO HARM

Admirably honest and movingly human . . . Sutherland asks us to look behind the faceless blue and see the individual people - SPECTATOR

A remarkable book: a magnum opus on belief and success, on depression and despair. It is well written and intellectually demanding, profound and deeply moving. In places, it is funny; everywhere, it is thoughtful. It has as much to tell us about mental illness as it does about policing. And there is much love in it: for friends, for family, for life - Alastair Stewart

An honest look at the vulnerability that comes with bravery - THE I

Brave and very honest - Bear Grylls

The effect of this honesty is to leave us both more appreciative of police officers and more concerned for their well-being, as well as encouraged that such a compassionate man was promoted so vertiginously. [Sutherland] describes police work as "fulfilling, humbling, inspiring, daunting, shattering, rewarding and soul-stirring" which is also a fair description of his book - TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

Courageous and moving - Tom Harper, THE SUNDAY TIMES Home Affairs Correspondent

John Sutherland lays out the human cost of working as a police officer in simple, devastating terms - HUFFINGTON POST

A gripping book . . . moving and really powerful . . . I highly recommend it - Jumoke Fashola, BBC LONDON

Will expand people's understanding of what it means to be a police officer in Britain today, revealing the truth about the toll that a career in policing can have on those tasked with the responsibility of tackling crime. This is a brave and compelling account of policing from a very senior officer in the most renowned police force in the world - Colin Taylor, author of LIFE OF A SCILLY SERGEANT

I commend it to the public. It's a great book - Cressida Dick, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service

A superb book - Charles Cumming

A remarkable, revealing and inspiring insight into the worlds of the police and the policed. The stories told are by turns heart-warming and saddening, moving and maddening - it is an account of the very best and the very worst of our society. It is a book which should be required reading for all who aspire to public office, in any sector and at every level - John Nichol, author of TORNADO DOWN

A fascinating, powerful and beautifully written insight into the life of a police officer - Dan Walker, journalist and broadcaster

A remarkable, honest account of twenty years in policing - Sophy Ridge, journalist and broadcaster