This is number 1 in Point Crime-The Beat .

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Scholastic .

David Belbin gave up teaching to write full time in 1994, when his book Shoot the Teacher appeared as the first title in the Point Crime series (Scholastic). He's the author of over 30 titles and his books have been translated into many different languages. He lives in Nottingham.