The Tattered Blue Line

Includes my award-winning story, “One Fine Day.”

Policing today is challenging and different from any other time in our history.

Men and women who have worn the badge have a unique perspective on those challenges.

This collection features a diverse roster of former law enforcement officers turned crime fiction authors… diverse in every sense of the word — age, gender, race, nationality, geography, type of agency, size of department, role within law enforcement, and political beliefs.

The one thing they all have in common is a desire to share a single slice of the contemporary policing experience with you, and to join the ongoing, larger conversation in the best way they know how — by telling a compelling crime story.

This anthology is one I put together to give a voice to a group of people who I believe have a particular insight into the world of contemporary policing.

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The Tattered Blue Line was named as one of the best TRULY independent titles of 2022!

“One Fine Day” won the 2022 PSWA Award for short fiction (first place), “Officer Safety” (second place) and “Convict Code” (honorable mention) won the 2023 PSWA Award for short fiction.