Cop Tales 2000 [Paperback]

Ed Dee (Author), Paul Bishop (Author), Jim Defilippi (Author), Ernest W. Dorling (Author), Liz Defranco (Author), Gina Gallo (Author), Marlene Loos (Author), Marilyn A. Olsen (Author), Keith Bettinger (Author)

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Review

Cop Tales 2000 is the real deal. The voices and the lives of real cops--sometimes funny, sometimes dark, often adrenaline-drenched and always full of hard-won knowledge--shine from these pages. Real cops--and real writers, too. -- SJ Rozan, author of Stone Quarry

During my 35 years in law enforcement, I have often said that if you could be so fortunate as to be exposed to police officers and the tales they could and would tell if given the opportunity, you would be in the presence of potential literary magnificence, if not Pulitzer material.

Cop Tales 2000 has made me a prophet. The intelligence, humor and litereary ability of these writers displayed so brilliantly by the publishers has made be proud to be a part of both professions. -- Joe Coffey, author of The Vatican Connection, Winner of the 1982 Edgar Allen Poe Award, and The Coffey Files, 1992 Edgar Allen Poe Award Nominee

About the Author

Contributor Paul Bishop is the head of the Sex Crimes and Major Assaults Unit of the LAPD and author of 9 novels, including Tequila Mockingbird, Kill Me Again, Twice Dead and Chalk Whispers. Ed(ward) Dee spent 20 years on the NYPD walking the streets of the South Bronx before retiring as a lieutenant with a "suitcase full of stories" he had to write, including his four novels: 14 Peck Slip, Bronx Angel, Little Boy Blue and Nightbird. Jim DeFilippi served as a military policeman before picking up the pen to write Blood Sugar and Duck Alley. Dan Mahoney retired as a captain after a career in the NYPD. He supplements his work as a private eye by writing books, including Black and White, Hyde, Once In Never Out, Edge of the City and Detective First Grade. Editors Liz Martinez DeFranco, Marilyn Olsen and Keith Bettinger are successful police magazine writers and editors, and all three have books of their own scheduled for publication early in the new millenium.

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Thirty Eight Special Pr (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967574900
• ISBN-13: 978-0967574905
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,529,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars J Briant, December 3, 1999

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This review is from: Cop Tales 2000 (Paperback)

An Outstanding collection of Stories associated with the world of Law Enforcement, crafted by Authors that have lived the experience of the world of COPS. It is a must read. It brings you incidents of the real world that we all exist in. I read them twice. Read Cop Tales 2000, you'll love it. Fascinating.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real stories about police work, December 24, 1999

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D$ "anon215" (SF Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cop Tales 2000 (Paperback)

I loved reading this book because I always wondered what being a police officer was like. The stories in Cop Tales 2000 made me feel as though I was right there on the street with the cops. If you want to read about what real cops do, this is the book! I highly recommend it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Police Writers Club Anthology, December 3, 2008

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This review is from: Cop Tales 2000 (Paperback)

By my count there are 24 different contributors to this collection. Eight of the authors are represented by multiple stories. All of the authors are not actually police officers. Most are, but some are in closely allied fields. There are true stories as well as some fantasy adventures included. Some of the tales are quite moving such as Keith Bettinger's Follow The Northwind about a park ranger and his Newfoundland dog who sacrificed their lives to save a lost camper. Marlene Loos' But For The Grace tells how Jen, the police officer, came upon an old college classmate who had deteriorated to the point of being virtually unrecognizable. Vertical Patrol by Gina Gallo told about eleven year old Latrell Daniels who grew up in the projects and wanted a pair of Air Jordans. He worked at odd jobs to get them. He was shot. His shoes were stolen. Tragic.
The stories are by and large quite good. But to my taste, somewhat uneven because of so many different authors. Nevertheless, I found this to be worthwhile.