A vicious madman is on a kidnapping and rape spree. Inspector Peter Wohl, commander of the new Special Operations task force, is determined to stop the maniacal reign of violence, facing off against a desperate public, a hostile press and reluctant witnesses. Original.
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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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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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.
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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of War" and "The Corps" series were published...but still, as a cop for over 20 years, it was hard to relate to such outdated procedures and attitudes.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.
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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.
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Mary Elizabeth Flannery first came to the attention of the Police Department of the City of Philadelphia at 9:21 P.M., June 29, 1973, when an unidentified civilian called the Police Emergency number and reported that as she and her husband had been driving through Fairmount Park, going down Bell's Mill Road toward Chestnut Hill, they had seen a naked woman, just walking around, on the Chestnut Hill side of the bridge over Wissahickon Creek. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Peter Wohl, Special Operations, Highway Patrol, Inspector Wohl, Martha Peebles, Miss Peebles, Chief Coughlin, Matt Payne, Mickey O'Hara, Chestnut Hill, David Pekach, Chief Inspector, Jason Washington, Mike Sabara, Brewster Payne, Mary Elizabeth Flannery, Mayor Carlucci, Commissioner Czernick, Forbidden Drive, Jesus Martinez, Irene Craig, Sergeant Frizell, Captain Pekach, Colonel Mawson, Miss Woodham New!
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Mary Elizabeth Flannery first came to the attention of the Police Department of the City of Philadelphia at 9:21 P.M., June 29, 1973, when an unidentified civilian called the Police Emergency number and reported that as she and her husband had been driving through Fairmount Park, going down Bell's Mill Road toward Chestnut Hill, they had seen a naked woman, just walking around, on the Chestnut Hill side of the bridge over Wissahickon Creek. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Peter Wohl, Special Operations, Highway Patrol, Inspector Wohl, Martha Peebles, Miss Peebles, Chief Coughlin, Matt Payne, Mickey O'Hara, Chestnut Hill, David Pekach, Chief Inspector, Jason Washington, Mike Sabara, Brewster Payne, Mary Elizabeth Flannery, Mayor Carlucci, Commissioner Czernick, Forbidden Drive, Jesus Martinez, Irene Craig, Sergeant Frizell, Captain Pekach, Colonel Mawson, Miss Woodham New!
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- Honor Bound by W. E. B. Griffin in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Honor Bound by W.E.B. Griffin in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Execution of Private Slovik by William Bradford Huie in Front Matter
- Badge of Honor by John Dugan in Front Matter
- Honor Bound by Sandra Brown in Front Matter
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- The Murderers (Badge of Honor) (Vol 4) by W.E.B. Griffin on 4 pages
- The Assassin: The Explosive Badge of Honor Novel (Badge of Honor 05) by W.E.B. Griffin in Front Matter, page 453, and Back Matter
- The Generals (Brotherhood of War, Book 6) by W.E.B. Griffin in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Soldier Spies (Men at War) by W. E. B. Griffin in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Investigators (Badge of Honor No. 7) by W.E.B. Griffin in Front Matter, page 463, and Back Matter
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