The Best-Selling Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, and Forensic Science series! No holds barred law enforcement philosophy Whether you're a hard luck grunt working the street or a white shirt administrator who'd need a GPS to find it, Way of the Warrior is for you. A sixteen year veteran of patrol, investigations and narcotics work, as well as a second-generation cop, best-selling author Bernard Schaffer has something to say about the True Blue Line. Equal parts biography and instructional guide, Way of the Warrior focuses on the core of the individual officer: the warrior spirit. It discusses how to successfully uphold the law and not lose your mind in the process. From the author: "The police are a modern warrior society. We're protecting the homeland and families from every threat conceivable, doing it on rotating shifts that interfere with our home lives and physical well-being, and facing insidious politics in the process. The Job is far more than just carrying a badge and a gun. Way of the Warrior is my perspective on what it means to serve and protect. All the emails I get from cops around the world tell me I'm not alone, and if you're reading this, neither are you."
In this powerful psychological thriller, veteran police officer Bernard Schaffer reunites detective Carrie Santero with manhunter Jacob Rein-to plumb the depths of a madman's obsession . . .
'I am The Master . . .'
Fifteen years ago, a deranged young man abducted a teenage girl in a parking lot. He chose her for her innocence. Punished her for her beauty. Dowsed her with gasoline and tried to purify her with fire. Detective Jacob Rein managed to stop the lunatic and lock him up for life. Now the girl who survived that horrible ordeal has been found dead, an apparent suicide. Near her body is a letter from 'The Master'-a bloodchilling promise to finish what he started.
'I long to relive everything we had before . . .'
Now The Master has chosen new objects of desire-all dear to Carrie-and he is about to be released from a mental facility. Carrie reaches out to the one man who knows The Master better than anyone else. Jacob Rein understands the depths of his psychosis. He knows that the only way to anticipate The Master's next move is to enter his delusions. Indulge his obsessions. And follow his lead to the very edge of madness-and beyond.
In this brilliantly chilling follow-up to The Thief of All Light, veteran police officer Bernard Schaffer digs deep into the past-and the haunted psyches of the detectives who search for truth . . . at any cost.
'There's a thousand scavengers in these woods.'
Before being promoted to detective, Carrie Santero was given a rare glimpse into the mind of a killer. Through her mentor, Jacob Rein-a seasoned manhunter whose gift for plumbing the depths of madness nearly drove him over the brink-she was able to help capture one of the most depraved serial killers in the country. Now, the discovery of a small human foot buried in the Pennsylvania woods will lead her to a decades-old cold case-and the darkest secrets of her mentor's youth.
'Nobody trusts an animal that tries to eat its own kind.'
Thirty years ago, a young girl went missing. A police officer was murdered. Another committed suicide. The lives of everyone involved would never be the same. For three agonizing decades, Jacob Rein has yearned for the truth. But when Detective Carrie Santero begins digging up new evidence, she discovers some answers come with shattering consequences.
"It was one thing to fantasize about evil, to reach into the darkness and play with it a little . . ."
Rookie cop Carrie Santero has always been fascinated by serial killers. As a teenager, she wrote a letter to Charles Manson in prison-and received a chilling reply. Then she came face to face with a child murderer in her small Pennsylvania town, an encounter that haunts her to this day. Now, as a detective in training, she finally has her chance to make a difference; to hunt down a psychopathic sadist who embodies the very nature of evil itself.
". . . but it was something different when it knew your name."
The killer draws inspiration from the most twisted minds in modern crime. Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Ed Gein. The Green River Killer. As the body count rises, Carrie and her boss, Chief Bill Waylon, realize they're dealing with an unpredictable "omnikiller" who cannot be profiled. Their only hope is to enlist the help of Jacob Rein, a brilliant but tarnished former detective who has plumbed the darkest recesses of the soul. Who has seen the heart of darkness. And whose insights on evil could lead Carrie to the point of no return.
THE TRUE BLUE LINE IS NOT THIN
Now Mandatory Reading in Police Academies, FTO Programs, and Universities! The NUMBER ONE Law Enforcement Philosophy Series.
Written by Full-Time Police Detective, and Author Bernard Schaffer, whose new hardback novel THE THIEF OF ALL LIGHT will be available from Kensington Publications in bookstores everywhere.
Whether you're a hard luck grunt working the street or a white shirt administrator who'd need a GPS to find it, Way of the Warrior is for you.
Equal parts biography and instructional guide, Way of the Warrior focuses on the core of the individual officer: the warrior spirit. It discusses how to successfully uphold the law and not lose your mind in the process.
Contains Must-Read Information On
What it Means to Protect and Serve
Training and Equipment
The Eight Golden Rules of Criminal Investigation
The Unsolvable Problem of Police Work
Police Suicide
The Culture of Law Enforcement Organizations
And Much More!
This is a must listen for anyone in law enforcement, but will also delight listeners who are fans of thrillers, mysteries, and true crime.
