Author and law enforcement officer Daniel Silver tells the story of a tattooed punk rocker turned rookie San Francisco policeman, Dougie Cohen. In his first year on the job, the stresses, horrors and frustrations Dougie encounters take their toll on his patience, health, sanity and love life. Dougie struggles with night terrors, addiction, disease and the loss of his former self to his new police persona. Dougie is on a collision course with the reality of urban law enforcement. He'll either break, or accept the fundamentals of what it means to be a real cop. Winner of the 2010 COP TALES Contest!

Literature & Fiction

Silver, Daniel B.

Genre Fiction

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Brooke Breckenridge, Homeland Security Special Agent Jack Strickland and a Native American Shadow Wolf, Ed Red Wind, are plunged into their most complex mystery yet. Brooke is busy working for the Makkapitew County Planning Office when she learns that development can be deadly. The list of suspects grows to include a wife abusing drunk with a nasty temper, Mideastern land developers, hate crimes aimed at the Catholic Church, and the Russian mafia trafficking Ukrainian girls cross the Mexican border. As the bodies begin to pile up and sick animals swamp the Makkapitew Veterinary Clinic, pieces of the puzzle come together. Is it too late to stop the most deadly threat Chogan County has ever faced? Join Brooke, Jack and Ed as they once again rub elbows with danger. And a word of advice, stay out of the mountains. A early reader says: I.C. Enger has done it again with Green ICE, the second book in the Lake House Mysteries series. She engages and holds the reader's attention to the riveting climax. She takes Brooke to places you don't want her to go. You want Brooke to stay put, to play it safe, and then she is off again letting her curiosity carry her into danger. J. Strom

Green Ice

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Enger, I. C.

Mystery

Beyond Recognition is the memoir of Ronald Corbin, a former Army combat helicopter pilot and Vietnam veteran who becomes a Los Angeles policeman, and eventually a pilot for LAPD’s Air Support Division (ASD). Ron’s military training and unique combat flying experience as a “Slick” Huey pilot, and his wide background as an instructor pilot in various helicopters, is recognized by the ASD captain, but not without creating fierce jealousies. After an aircraft accident that claims the life of a pilot trainee and puts Ron in the hospital, the LAPD assembles a Board of Inquiry. Ron’s detractors seek jealous revenge by feeding misleading statements to the Board investigators. The investigation evolves into a “kangaroo court,” but the Board’s exercise in “finger-pointing” quickly backfires as Ron exposes a “cover-up” that has corporate and City attorneys scrambling to settle. Early Reviews: “WOW…A MUST READ BOOK” --Albert Ellis, FBI Special Agent – Retired “…You will not put it down until you have worked your way to the last page, and then still want to know more.” --Keith Bettinger author of Fighting Crime With “Some” Day and Lenny and End of Watch.

Beyond Recognition: A True Story of Service, Dedication and Betrayal

Corbin, Ron

When a mysterious flu breaks out in La Bendita, an upscale gated community near the Rio Grande, the lives of its residents change radically --and instantly. The few who are fortunate enough to avoid the killer flu become virtual prisoners in their homes when a quarantine is imposed. One resident, Sara Almquist, a medical epidemiologist, is compelled by habit and training to examine the elements of the epidemic, even when it means she pries into her neighbors’ lives. Sara finds promising clues--maybe too many.

Coming Flu

Greger, J. L.

High-tension thriller based on a true story… In an era when there were no computers, no Internet, no “America’s Most Wanted” or “CSI” programs, Investigative Reporter Gene McLain prowled the mean streets and knew all the players. In Components of Murder, McLain knows the oddball clues, the seemingly unrelated leads WILL connect and foil the man who’s convinced he committed the perfect murder. McLain puts his career with the Arizona Reporter on the line while he pursues the truth of what happened to two men who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Components of Murder

Biographies & Memoirs

Cawley, Robert M.

Professionals & Academics

Sara Almquist couldn’t say no when invited to be the epidemiologist on a public health mission to Bolivia.  Soon she finds dangers lurk around every corner of the Witches’ Market and churches of La Paz as someone from her past pursues her. Unfortunately, she can’t decide which of her colleagues to trust as she learns more than she ever wanted to know about coca production, the god Tio of the silver mines of Potosí, and Bolivian politicians.

Ignore the Pain

“When Bethany Crutchfield failed to show for Sunday brunch, and her father’s phone calls remained unanswered, concern was warranted. Police officers from “America’s Safest City,” Irvine, California, discovered a gruesome homicide scene which established Bethany as the first in a series of murders that would ultimately span over two decades. Lincoln 9 takes place in a city whose reputation for safety and affluence overshadows the fact that the relatively few homicides are among the most vicious and complex cases. Lincoln 9 follows the career of Lieutenant Scott Hunter, the consummate cop who leads a team of detectives on a mission aimed at connecting the clues and solving these crimes. The story conveys the pressures of working in an organization whose efforts result in perennial accolades for achieving the lowest numbers of violent crime. In addition, it introduces a look behind the curtain of secrecy shielding the role played by Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Teams in the development of leaders.”

Lincoln 9

Freedland, Dave

Two private investigators, one a former Las Vegas cop and the other a former Army Ranger, specialize in finding runaway or missing children. If they find the child is involved with a sexual predator they discreetly offer the child's family an additional service that guarantees the child will not return to the predator. Their investigations take them to the strip joints and pornography outlets of Las Vegas, gay escort services in the Nation's Capital and the prostitution streets of Atlanta, New Orleans, Atlantic City and Phoenix. 
As they fullfil their contracts and bring relief to these tormented families, the police in New Orleans and Las Vegas start putting together the puzzle pieces. Using other forgotten victims of society the police are able to identify our garbage disposers. They start to close in on them when sometime happens that changes everything.

An Ocean in the Desert

Haggerty Sr., Joseph B

The half inch wide black velvet band that is placed around the Peace Officer’s badge symbolizes the grief and pain that grips the heart behind the badge. The Black Band begins at the graveside service of Officer Augustino as he is laid to rest. The sound of the bagpipe drifts over the departing crowd as they drift back to their duties fighting crime, corruption or mourn with friends and family. The story brings the reader into the hearts and lives of these cops at work and at the cop bar where they tell stories to unwind and try to make sense out of the lives they lead. The stories bring insight into the anxiety while working their beats and at home where wives and children wait to hear news of which officer was slain. The Black Band portrays cops at work, catching burglars in the act of committing crimes, discovering evidence of a robbery/homicide during a routine parole check and attempting to clean up prostitution and drug dealing. 
 About the Author Albert vande Steeg was born in the Netherlands at the beginning of the Nazi occupation of Holland during World War II. Suffering deprivation of food, freedom and justice during those formative years created a keen sense of justice and desire to provide justice to all who wish for a fair shake in life. At age twenty four he joined the Chino, California Police Department as a reserve officer. He then served the City of Ontario for fourteen years; six in patrol and seven as a detective and one year as a training officer. His work in the Detective bureau uncovered corruption and revealed how politics affect law enforcement. He served eight years on the Board of the Ontario Police Officer’s Association, seven as president. He was very active in politics and serving the needs of the membership. This earned him the moniker “the Policeman’s Pal.” He and his wife host the annual retiree party, for anyone who worked at the Ontario Police Department and helped develop the Ontario Police Museum, currently serving on that board.

The Black Band

Vande Steeg, Albert

Black ICE delivers a buffet of possibilities into the unknown. Both chilling and thought provoking, it is a page turner with a bombshell ending you won't anticipate. Homeland Security Special Agent Jack Strickland and Brooke Breckenridge are thrown into a maelstrom of intrigue, murder and kidnapping by the discovery of a mysterious silver sphere lying quietly at the bottom of Three Cranes Lake. This perplexing sphere becomes the center of a mystery involving an ancient Hopi Indian prophecy of the Blue Kachina and a remote cave hidden deep within the earth. The secrets discovered there are both frightening and wondrous. Throw in a troubled teen and suspicions of a leak within Homeland Security, and the fun and games begin. About the Author IC Enger lives and writes in the Seattle area. Her first book, Blue ICE, was published in 2012 by Oak Tree Press. Green ICE is the second of three mysteries set along the Washington/Canadian border featuring Homeland Security Special Agent Jack Strickland and transplanted Seattle city planner Brooke Breckenridge. The Lake House Mysteries are set along the calm blue waters of Three Cranes Lake. The idyllic setting hides danger and the deep waters hold mystery. IC has lived in many different cities in the US including New York, San Francisco, Denver and Seattle, and has travelled worldwide in her work. Part of that work kept her in close contact with former FBI agents and corporate security officers. "I quickly came to the understanding that although a crime might be solved outside of law enforcement by a smart, savvy civilian, it was highly unlikely. People who have been trained, who have the resources and experience, those are the people who solve mysteries." Visit IC Enger on her web site at http: //www.thelakehousemysteries.com or write to her at lakehousemysteries@yahoo.com.

Black Ice

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