Superbia 3 (28 page)
Authors: Bernard Schaffer
Bernard Schaffer is the father of two children. Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, his work ranges from best-selling gritty police procedurals to fantasy westerns.
A real life police officer, in 2012 he released a series of books titled SUPERBIA about a dysfunctional police department that reached the Kindle Top 100. As a result, he was stripped of his detective rank.
Schaffer is the founder of the Kindle All-Stars. All profits from their collections are donated to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Three years ago a good friend of mind named Dan Vogel said the following six fateful words to me, "Have you ever read Animal Farm?"
I had no idea how much Dan's early concept would come to influence me, but here it is. A testament to his initial observation that George Orwell had a lot to say when it comes to the animals on the farm and the ones who have power over them.
To all the cops who read Superbia, the
ir wives and family and friends who send me emails and Twitter messages and Authorgraph notes and remind me over and over that they get it. They really get it, and I'm so grateful for that. I just want you to know I read every single one of your comments and reviews. They mean the absolute world.
I'd say this book is for the real cops out there, but the problem is, too many of the other guys would think I meant them. So let me put it like this. Ten years ago I had the great privilege of working with Paul Gorley, a retired Chief of Bucks County Detectives. Paul was patient with me and always took time to answer my questions about how he would work certain cases or his general thoughts on policing. Paul told me this: "Put the victim first. As long as you do that, you can't go wrong."
So when I say real cops, I mean the ones who do that. That's who Superbia is for.
This is for all the cops who ever went the extra mile with a
case or a suspect to keep a little kid from having to get up on the stand. This is for all the cops who ever went home and wrapped their arms around their wives or children and were crying too hard to say why. And it's for your families. This is your story as much as it is mine.
I hope you found it worthy.
BERNARD SCHAFFER
Montgomery County, PA
Spring 2013
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Get Your Guns Ready to travel to Bernard Schaffer's dusty world of the
Old West set on a distant planet. Outlaws, gunslingers, native tribes, the occasional spaceship crash landing, and men willing to risk it all. A perfect combination of science fiction and western.
Recommended for fans of Firefly, Star Trek, Old West legends, Tombstone, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
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The world of police work is a dangerous, terrifying place...and that's just dealing with other cops. Not-Even-Promoted Detective Frank O'Ryan spends more time with drug dealers and child molesters than his own family, but it's better than having to circumvent the unspeakable bureaucracy of his own agency. Called the literary equivalent of The Wire and one of the most subversive books on law enforcement ever written.
Recommended for fans of Joseph Wambaugh, Ed McBain, The Wire, NYPD Blue, and Homicide: Life on the Streets.
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