Book one in The Lawman series.
Home isn’t home anymore.
Will Diaz has returned home from the Gulf War. By his own admission, he feels like he’s in the Ray Bradbury story where astronauts land on Mars. They open the hatch and find their hometown waiting for them.
Will’s world has changed since he’s been gone. He’s become stranger in his own hometown.
He’s hired back the Sheriff’s Office he’d left a dozen years before only now he’s a detective. With crime up and budgets low, he must help to prepare the department for a future. A future that will bring him and his friends into a battle for their very lives.
And he has to do this while dealing with the pain of the past, lost relationships, and uncertainty in his new life.
About the only thing he’s sure of is God loves him.
The book is about making sense of the world when God has stopped making sense. It’s about taking what has gone wrong in life and shifting that focus on the God who still answers prayers.
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What my readers are saying about “The Cross and the Badge”
I was caught up in the authenticity and heart of this compelling story right away. Will Diaz, a lawman, back from serving in the Gulf War and with a new faith in Christ, deals with the uptick in criminal activity in smaller Colorado towns without needed funding for upgraded equipment. The characters are empathetic and genuine, especially Will, his family and closest friends. Faith and friendship weave through the nitty-gritty of police work–including the care used to gather and preserve evidence, thought processes when making an arrest, even asking where is God in the mayhem of law enforcement. This is the most fascinating book I’ve read this year, on many levels. I’m heartened to learn that this is the first book in a Lawman series. – Joy kidney, author of Leora’s Letters
I enjoyed the numerous action stories related in this novel, as they are obviously based on real-world events and have an authentic character to them as conveyed by their details and the characters of the story. This contrasts with so much of the literature out there today which are often contrived and designed to maximize violence and shock value. On top of this, the author elegantly weaves events in the stories to show how the hand of God is in our everyday lives, and how He can rectify any problem we encounter, if only we allow him to. An excellent read! – Chris Kavalliros, USN retired
This action packed story feels real. The authentic details and real world dialog are as good as in books I’ve read by big name authors. – Just Bob from WI
William R. Ablan, Police Mysteries 