Patrick's point of view provides added depth, given how much the story revolves around him and Tom rather than Marion. This tarnishes her relationship with Tom, forever destroying the man. When Marion learns an inexplicable secret, the truth of Tom and Patrick's friendship, she exposes the ordeal anonymously. Later Tom proposes to Marion, though the friendship between Tom and Patrick never wavers. Soon after, they become a trio, much to the annoyance of Marion. Tom takes Marion to meet Patrick in his place of employment, the local museum and gallery. They spend months like this when one day, Tom informs Marion there is someone he would like her to meet, thus entering Patrick. Marion and Tom begin a friendship through Tom teaching her to swim. Once she settles into her new life and job, Tom returns as a trained policeman, and he and Marion reunite. When Tom enlists in the army, Marion begins her education and later becomes a schoolteacher. Marion begins as a simple schoolgirl who has taken a liking to her childhood friend’s older brother, Tom. The book is written in first-person journal entries from both Marion and Patrick. The main characters are Tom Burgess, Patrick Hazelwood, and Marion. My Policeman by Bethan Roberts is a romance novel that takes place in the fifties and sixties.
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