Special Operations (Badge of Honor) [Kindle Edition]

W.E.B. Griffin (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This police procedural, the second in the Badge of Honor series, ostensibly concerns efforts to nab a serial rapist at large in Philadelphia, but the real subjects here are the interior lives of police officers and the department politics that complicate their jobs. Unlike the genre's often embittered flatfoots who are more like their quarry than the people they serve, Dugan's ( Men in Blue ) cops, zealous recruits in the freshly minted Special Operations division, are boyish, sexy, respectful, and always and unambiguously the good guys. The plot contains practically no overt violence or graphic sex--usually the stock-in-trade of contemporary cops-and-robbers yarns--and chief characters are credibly fashioned. Pleasant enough on its own terms, the book lacks the meticulous detail and shake-'em-up style that most procedural fans expect.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

In this exciting new series, W.E.B. Griffin reveals a city police force with all the authentic detail and drama that made THE CORPS and BROTHERHOOD OF WAR phenomenal bestsellers. Here is an explosive novel of the men and women behind the badge--a unique brotherhood of courage, loyalty, and trust. Facing a desperate public, a hostile press, and reluctant witnesses, they must stop a new reign of violence--a terrifying spree of kidnapping and rape that has plunged the entire city in fear...

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 369 KB
• Publisher: Jove (May 26, 2008)
• Sold by: Penguin Publishing
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001A47RKQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,622 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Badge of Honor Series, November 22, 1999

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Carmella (Bluffton South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Special Operations (Badge of Honor) (Mass Market Paperback)

The whole Badge of Honor Series was absolutely wonderful and I'm a woman. The author seems to understand bureaucrats and the "system."

I have one problem and that is the women in his novels are usually too tough. Once in awhile that's OK, but every one of them are the same. Wish he'd change them once in awhile. AND his hero's fall in love with great regularity with the same type of woman. That's my only complaint.

Soften em up Griffin.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 30 Years Out Of Date!, May 22, 2006

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David Hall (Steilacoom, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Special Operations (Badge of Honor) (Mass Market Paperback)

Of course, Mr. Butterworth wrote these books before his very popular "Brotherhood of War" and "The Corps" series were published...but still, as a cop for over 20 years, it was hard to relate to such outdated procedures and attitudes. Once I got past that, I did enjoy seeing how his characters set the stage for their doppelgangers in Brotherhood of War...Peter Wohl=Craig Lowell, and Matt Payne = Geoff Craig, etc. If you are looking for excellent, accurate police procedurals, read the Harry Bosch novels by Michael Connelly, or anything by T. Jefferson Parker. Those two really get it right.

5.0 out of 5 stars special author, September 20, 2011

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grit - See all my reviews

This review is from: Special Operations (Badge of Honor) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have all of WEB Griffins books and rate him along with Wilbur Smith as my all time favorite author. His sagas span several different action themes, but they are all either military, police or intelligence services. The author has residence both in Texas and Argentina and has spent a great deal of time with our military so he uses his familiarity with these settings and people to cast a very nice spell in his work. My wife also enjoys the books so I would say they are suitable for all readers.