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Three Police
Books
August 16, 2007 (San Dimas, CA)
Police-Writers.com is a website that lists over 700 state and local police
officers who have written books. Police-Writers.com added three police officers
and their three police books:
James A. Forrest;
William Gately; and,
William Vanderberg.
Lieutenant
James A. Forrest is employed by the
Sarasota County Sheriffs Office (Florida).
He is the author of Eye of the Storm.
According to the book description, Eye of the Storm charter
Captain Jack Foster tries to live a simple life and leave his past as a cold
case investigator behind him, but when he finds the body of his friend Capt. Tom
in the mangroves it's not that easy. When Capt. Tom's killers learn of Jack's
interest in the investigation they decide to take care of him and his daughter,
Katelyn, before they are discovered. While defending against attack, trying to
figure out clues, and protecting his daughter, massive Hurricane Lynn churns in
the Gulf of Mexico and is bearing down on them. Out numbered and out gunned,
will Jack be able to solve the murder and evade the wrath of Mother Nature or
are his and Katelyn's fates sealed like Capt. Tom's?
According to one reader of
Eye of the Storm, This is a quick paced, thrilling, action packed book.
It's a great read for traveling through airports or sitting home recovering from
surgery.
James A. Forrest's "Eye of the Storm"
is one novel that any reader could enjoy and appreciate. However, native
Floridians--and even fishing enthusiasts--could glean even more out of this
perfect "made for TV movie" type novel. Someone--if not all--members of your
family will enjoy this read.
William Gately is a Vietnam veteran and former
vice-cop from the
Metropolitan Police Department (Washington,
DC). In 1970, after a three year enlistment in the Marines and tour in Vietnam
he took the oath of police officer in the nation's capital. For the next eight
years he served as a member of the
Metropolitan Police Department. On June 17,
1972,
William Gately was assigned to the
Metropolitan Police Department tactical unit
that surprised the Watergate Burlgars. After leaving the joined the U.S.
Customs Service, eventually rising to the rank of assistant Special Agent in
Charge of U.S. Customs in Los Angeles.
William Gately co-authored Dead Ringer:
An Insider's Account of the Mob's Colombian Connection. According to
publishers weekly, Gatley, an employee of the U.S. Customs Service; Joe
Caffaro, a Sicilian-born businessman with Mafia ties; and Leo Fraley, an
American career criminal who became involved in Colombian drug-smuggling--these
men are an unlikely trio to be the subjects of the same book. Yet all played
major roles in court cases which tied the Medellin drug cartel to the mafia in
Sicily and thence to the U.S. mafia. That the tie exists is no revelation to
those who read news stories about organized crime, so this volume by Gately and
freelancer Fernandez is hardly eye-opening; nor are their portraits of American
mobsters as stupid and greedy and Columbian drug lords as cruel and merciless
anything new. What readers will find informative is the depiction here of
inter-bureau rivalry among the FBI, the DEA and Customs, bureaucratic infighting
which does not augur well for the drug war.
William R. Vanderberg is a decorated veteran of
the
Metropolitan Police Department (Washington
DC). While with the force,
Bill Vanderberg was a street cop working one of
the most violent and deadly areas of our nation's capital, the Northeast section
of the city. William
Vanderberg is the author of Thrill Kill. According to
the book description, many of the incidents in this novel are based on actual
experiences which Bill either participated in or personally witnessed.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 712 police officers
(representing 327 police departments) and their 1530
police books in six categories, there are
also listings of United States federal
law enforcement employees turned authors,
international police officers who have written books and civilian police
personnel who have written books.
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