Review: Cop Stories From The Dark Side
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2013
A Lot of the guys I ran around with high school with became cops. I always thought it was because when the department checked their applications they figured that those guys knew how the system works -- from both sides. Because I knew a bunch of them I got invited to a lot of cop parties and did some bar hopping with them too. The stories in this book have the same flavor as the stories my badged up friends used to tell when there were no civilians present. Understand though, if any officer started telling the kind of stories in this collection at one of those gatherings, their mates would either turn them in to IA in a heartbeat or call the Police Psychiatrist on his emergency line in one hell of a hurry with a request for a tranquillizer rifle and straight jacket post haste.The book is a varied mix of  gritty procedurals,crooked cops, punks, thieves, grifters, murderers, serial killers, the undead (maybe)and a couple of young married officers who just wanted to buy a peaceful place in the country.As a big plus included in the collection the very promising first chapter of a novel in progress that will knock your socks off and make you want to read it NOW!Authentic? You bet'cha. Interesting? Yep. Terrifying? Sure. Funny? Of Course. And the best part? It's only 2.99. Now there's a deal.