Is He Me?

Sometimes, when I tell people about the books I wrote, they will say that, of course I wrote about police officers because I am a police officer. The implication is that the world of law enforcement is what I care most about. It is true that an author's first few books are generally autobiographies, even if they aren't intended to be. I suppose that's true for me as well. My mother recognized it immediately. But, I didn't write about police officers because they're all that interest me. I chose to make my protagonists officers because they're people I know about. I didn't have to research my characters in the same way I would have if they had been doctors, or reporters, etc... In fact, in order to do it justice, I will probably wait until I'm completely retired from work before I write about something out of my area of expertise. It would be a full-time job researching such a story.






So, because I can "speak the language," the protagonists in Harrison Davis: Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt and Gunar Hamilton: Vigilante on the Lam are both police officers. Harrison is a veteran detective while Gunar is a shift Sergeant. I've held both positions and, though they are very different, I liked doing both and each offers many opportunities for a story. I hope you find these two interesting.