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gsatori's review
4.0
This was my first W. E. B Griffin book and I didn't know what to expect. Whatever I expected, it wasn't. Not a police procedural, not a mystery, not an action piece. It was rather an intelligent bit of character development and displayed the Men in Blue as people with flaws along with their deserved reputations as protectors.
utbw42's review
4.0
Wonderful book....Griffin dives deep into the Philadelphia PD and produces a gutsy and real look at the inner workings during the trying times of a popular police captain dying in the line of duty. Could not put this one down.
lizabethstucker's review
1.0
This book begins Griffin's Badge of Honor series which focuses on the police department. We meet reporter Louise Dutton, who is also the illegitimate daughter of a multi-millionaire who owns television stations and newspapers as well as Staff Inspector Peter Wohl. There's a murder of a police captain, then the slaughter of a gay friend of Louise, who is also the illegitimate offspring of a multi-millionaire. Lot of that going around.
This sounds just like a book I'd love, particularly since I devoured Griffin's Presidential Agent series. And I tried, I really tried to make my way through the book. I made it to page 952 of 1332 before I finally gave up. I don't know if this was the first book Griffin ever wrote or if it suffered from bad editing, but I just couldn't stand it any longer. I was bored, even when two grungy undercover cops were chasing a murder suspect through a subway tunnel.
My father, who had read this series before me, stated that it was very slow, even throughout the rest of the series. So I think it is time to just admit defeat and look for something else to read.
This sounds just like a book I'd love, particularly since I devoured Griffin's Presidential Agent series. And I tried, I really tried to make my way through the book. I made it to page 952 of 1332 before I finally gave up. I don't know if this was the first book Griffin ever wrote or if it suffered from bad editing, but I just couldn't stand it any longer. I was bored, even when two grungy undercover cops were chasing a murder suspect through a subway tunnel.
My father, who had read this series before me, stated that it was very slow, even throughout the rest of the series. So I think it is time to just admit defeat and look for something else to read.
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