title: Crossing the Line: Memoirs of a Fairfax County Police Officer
author: Constance Curran Novak
description: Constance Curran Novak was only the eighth woman ever to retire from the Fairfax County Police Department, after more than 20 years on the force. She is now Chief of Police in Warrenton, Virginia, where she lives with her husband and two children.
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  Praise for
  
  
  On the Line
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘Compelling . . . a portrait of the frontline which will fill you with
  admiration for those who, like Vinten, daily risk life and limb to keep us
  safe.’
  
  
  Sunday Express
  
  
  ‘Extraordinary’
  
  
  Mail on Sunday
  
  
  ‘I loved this book. Gritty and gripping, moving and shocking, this brilliant
  police memoir shows that life on the force really is different for girls.’
  
  
  Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘Alice Vinten is the real deal – all the thrills of a crime novel, only true.
  Required reading for anyone interested in what the police really do.’
  
  
  MJ McGrath, author of Give Me the Child
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘I’ve never read such an authentic and interesting account of what it’s like
  to be a female police officer. Should be required reading for anyone wanting
  to write procedurals or cop dramas!’
  
  
  Louise Voss, author of The Old You
  
  
  and the Detective Lennon series
  
  
  ‘Alice Vinten's memoir is deeply moving and inspiring,