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Author
Publisher
Eye Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Adrian Bleese spent twelve years flying on police helicopters and attended almost 3,000 incidents as one of only a handful of civilian Air Observers working anywhere in the world.
In Above The Law he recounts the most interesting, difficult, emotionally charged, funny and downright baffling highlights of his career working for Suffolk Constabulary and the National Police Air Service. The events he was involved in were often life and death or, at...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Now in his 60s, a former international executive with Microsoft Corporation and GlaxoSmithKline, Graham Satchwell, looks back on his time as a Transport Policeman across an impressive career. The book follows his progress from the time, in 1968, when, aged 18, as an unqualified laborer, he cheated to pass the police entrance exam. With extensive use of anecdotes his promotions to every rank within the CID are described with wit and brutal honesty....
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English
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"Catching a kidnapper takes teamwork... and a St. Bernard. Alanna Morgan was raised in remote Alaska by a couple who called themselves her parents -- not kidnappers. A jailbreak brings her face-to-face with the past she wants to escape and on a collision course with the woman who stole her childhood. Alanna can't let other helpless victims be abducted and sets out with Chance, a therapy St. Bernard, by her side. But Desparre rookie police officer...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Square Mile Bobbies is a history and casebook of the City of London Police between 1839, when the force was first established after general recognition that London was not being policed effectively, and World War II. During this time the City Police were involved in a succession of major cases, from the attempted assassination of the Rothschilds in 1862 and detective's pursuit of forgers in 1873, to Jack the Ripper's brutal killing of Catherine Eddowes...
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Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A retired Texas lawman shares stories of serial killers, labor strikes, and more, in this sequel to the runaway bestselling memoir One Ranger. No Texas Ranger memoir has captured the public's imagination like Joaquin Jackson's One Ranger. Readers thrilled to Jackson's stories of catching criminals and keeping the peace across a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border and clamored for more. Now in One Ranger Returns , Jackson reopens his case files...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"A retired Texas Ranger recalls a career that took him from shootouts in South Texas to film sets in Hollywood. When his picture appeared on the cover of Texas Monthly , Joaquin Jackson became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers. Nick Nolte modeled his character in the movie Extreme Prejudice on him. Jackson even had a speaking part of his own in The Good Old Boys with Tommy Lee Jones. But the role that Jackson has always played the best is that...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance.
TRAPPING A TERRORIST
Behavioral Analysis Unit
by Caridad Pineiro
FBI agent Miguel Peters and his father land squarely in the crosshairs of a bomber terrorizing Seattle, and the last thing Miguel wants is to also entangle a lovely stranger in a terrorist’s web. Maisy Oliver will...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"New York Times Bestselling Author When she goes after a killer He's by her side, every step of the way Injury has left ex-cop Kerri Addison with seizures, diminished self-confidence and a dread of relationships. Now she teaches criminal law in a town where a cunning rapist is at large. Drawn to investigate with Sergeant Stuart Canady, Kerri knows there is much to fear. But with fear comes grit, an effective weapon against this monster. Falling for...
Author
Publisher
Pelican Pub
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A true crime account of a mass shooting by gangster brothers which resulted in the deaths of six police officers in Depression-era Missouri. “In all the annals of preservation of the peace there is no story that runs more gallantly than this.” --Springfield Leader, January 4, 1932 As dusk fell on a bitterly cold night during the Great Depression, a posse of ten local lawmen approached two brothers holed up in an isolated Missouri farmhouse....
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. ‘A wonderful novel. Big ideas wrapped in a plot that moves like a freight train’ Stuart Turton 'Compelling and complex, but still emotionally charged and devastating' Helen Fields ' A Clockwork Orange for the modern cohort. A terrifying near future imagined perfectly' Imran Mahmood The future of law enforcement has arrived, courtesy of private health contractor Janus Justice. Their ground-breaking...
12) Toxin Alert
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Ride along on the riveting cases of the Tactical Crime Division -- TCD. An elite team of FBI agents specializing in high-risk threats. After biological terrorism rips through an Amish community, the Tactical Crime Division is called in to find out why. Following a deadly anthrax attack, TCD's biological weapons expert Carly Welsh springs into action. Problem is, the Amish trust no one -- especially not an FBI special agent. That's where Noah Miller...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"He'll do whatever it takes". and she knows it Black ops assassin Eli Wayne may work for a company that cares only about money, but when Zoey Martin asks for his help following her brother's disappearance, compensation is the last thing on his mind. With a multimillion-dollar bounty on Zoey's brother's head, though, they'll have to fight to reach him before he's killed--especially since Eli's own company is after the money. The Stealth series: Hidden...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"USA TODAY Bestselling Author The clock is running out to keep her safe Can he intervene in time? By-the-book police chief Melissa Colton prides herself on putting justice before all else. That means work first -- and no passionate affairs. But she finds herself severely tempted when teaming up with hotelier Antonio Ruiz to figure out who's tracking her. As the case yields more questions than answers, Melissa and Antonio must resist their growing...
15) Covert
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"First published as Countermeasures , a ticking clock and opposites attracting will keep readers on the edge of their seat in this classic story from USA TODAY bestselling author Janie Crouch! At first it looked like a glorified babysitting job: safeguard a scientist while she created a countermeasure to neutralize a dangerous weapon that had fallen into the wrong hands. But when Dr. Megan Fuller's life is threatened, undercover agent Sawyer Branson...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In his latest thrilling book, much published crime author Dick Kirby draws on his fast moving policing service, much of which was with Scotland Yard’s Serious Crime Squad and the Flying Squad. As if that was not enough he brings in accounts of fellow coppers during the final decades of the 20th century to add a fresh dimension. It quickly becomes clear to the reader that Kirby and his colleagues practiced their art in a markedly different style...
17) Special Agent Man: My Life in the FBI as a Terrorist Hunter, Helicopter Pilot, and Certified Sniper
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
For decades, movies and television shows have portrayed FBI agents as fearless heroes leading glamorous lives, but this refreshingly original memoir strips away the fantasy and glamour and describes the day-to-day job of an FBI special agent. The book gives a firsthand account of a career in the Federal Bureau of Investigation from the academy to retirement, with exciting and engaging anecdotes about SWAT teams, counterterrorism activities, and undercover...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance.
TEXAS STALKER
An O'Connor Family Mystery
by Barb Han
While fleeing an attempt on her life, Brianna Adair is reunited with her childhood friend Garrett O’Connor. Trusting others is not in her nature, but Brianna will have to lean on the gorgeous rancher or risk falling prey to...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"She's ready to start a new life... If only her past will let her. Single mom Ainsley Meadows and her daughter have finally found the perfect hideout from her abusive ex-husband. Armed with a new identity, she opens her heart to Deputy Hunter Churchill, but Hunter never anticipates the reign of terror that follows her. He's eager to get to know the real Ainsley, but first he'll have to keep her alive. From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes....
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"His latest case is dangerous. So is his attraction to the missing victim's ex. Eve Shea's ex is missing in the Colorado mountains. Although her romantic feelings for the man are long gone, her honor demands she be a part of Ranger Commander Grant Sanderlin's investigation. But her rising attraction to Grant is another matter. The hardened military man vows justice, even as he opens his home and heart to Eve. But as more clues emerge, is Eve's ex...
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