That's a bit off topic and unnecessary. Free speech is all very well, but you need to justify what you say. No, I'm not going to buy the book
Herod, the author was a personal friend of Eric's for some forty years and given full access to all of his private records following his death. Once access to the records by the author/friend became available is when the disparities twixt stories Eric told and fact emerged. Quite on topic with the Chief Constable's case, polishing his life with untruths.