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center;"><strong>Police are People Too</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">“You experience the emotions,
distractions, frustrations and successes of the characters in every chapter of <em>In the Line of Duty</em>. I found her heartfelt details
to be spot on with a line-of-duty death. Being able to put such a tragic
situation into words, is difficult in itself, but she does it with compassion,
knowledge and respect for those in uniform who know what it is like to lose a
brother or sister in blue.”<br />–<strong>Carl
J. Harper, Training Officer, ERT (SWAT)<br
/></strong><strong>Lower Merion Township,
Pennsylvania</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Sadly, as humans,
we tend to judge that which we don’t
understand. And let’s
be honest, most of us haven’t stood in the
shoes of a police officer. We’ve
never faced an armed subject at one o’clock
in the morning or had to make life-and-death decisions on a daily basis. We’ve never had to focus
in a traumatic situation and make a significant judgment call. We’ve never had to face
families and friends who have been left behind and tell them that their loved
one won’t be coming home.<br /><br />In general,
people either point fingers at the police or put them up on pedestals. No one
is perfect, however, and sometimes that pedestal cracks. Instead of doing
either of these things, though, I think it’s most important that we respect our law
enforcement officers and accept that they are human, just like the rest of us.
They have families and friends. They have feelings. They have hopes and dreams.<br /><br /><em>In the Line of Duty</em> was
inspired by my love of law enforcement, for those who serve and who have
served, but I also wanted to write a book that showed the human side of
policing. I wanted to paint a vivid picture that shows that police are people
and illustrate how the loss of a brother in blue affects them—not only on a professional level but more
importantly, on a personal one.<br /><br />The characters in my book must carry on after a
great loss to find the person who killed their fellow officer. Their grief
tears apart relationships, changes people’s viewpoints, and has them acknowledging their
own mortality, just as it would anyone.<br
/><br />So the next time you see a police
officer, remind yourself that police are people, too, and deserve the same
compassion and kindness as you or me.</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">–Carolyn Arnold<br />Author of <em>In the Line of Duty
</em>(Detective Madison Knight series)</p>
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<p><strong>Excerpt from <em>In the Line of
Duty</em>, Chapter 3:</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left:
30px;">Troy gripped the sink in the men’s washroom at the Stiles police station with
both hands and stared at himself in the mirror. He’d lost men close to him before. The last one
was two years ago, and the officer had been killed in a car accident while off
duty. He’d left
behind two kids and a wife. But Barry…he
was different. Life always equaled death, of course. It was a simple equation
to accept until it touched close to home. And that’s what Barry’s
death was for him--personal.<br /><br />Losing Barry made it clear just how dangerous this
job could be and how fragile life was. One minute here, the next gone. Barry
had just been pumping gas, a routine thing, something people did all the time
without any thought to their safety. Those on the outside would say that’s the risk he took
being in law enforcement. Yes, there was the chance any one of them wouldn’t return home
from a shift, but it wasn’t something Troy
consciously thought about before heading to work.<br
/><br />In fact, when serving in a SWAT
capacity, he’d say it was one of the safest
positions within the Stiles PD. SWAT had the toys, and when they showed up to
manage a situation, it was often brought under control rather quickly. Even the
majority of criminals didn’t
want to tango with an AR-15 and armored vehicles. Besides, dwelling on one’s mortality wasn’t healthy. But when something like this
happened to one of their own, it spurred on such self-reflection. It could have
easily been him in the morgue, or one of his team members. Or Madison…<br
/><br />His insides quivered with rage as
his heartbeat slowed with his grief. He squeezed his eyes shut.<br /><br
/><em>“I’ve got Dad’s car tonight,”
Barry says. “We’ll
take it out on the back roads and see what she’s
really capable of.”<br
/><br /></em><em>“Your dad’s a cop,
Barry,” Troy reminds him.<br /><br
/></em><em>“So? What he doesn’t know won’t hurt him.”
Barry takes a few steps down the hall of their high school but stops and spins
when Troy doesn’t follow. “Come on, man. Don’t make me take
Lyman.”<br
/><br /></em>Troy came back from his
thoughts and opened his eyes to find himself staring at his reflection.<br /><br />That night
had been one of the best ever. Barry had sent the car airborne by racing over
the railway tracks on the outskirts of the city. They’d
even conned some seniors into getting beer for them and drank it by the tracks
later that night.<br /><br
/>Barry had made Troy feel alive…<br /><br />Pain knotted
in his chest, the regrets over skipping drinks with Barry last week paired with
losing a part of his childhood somehow.<br
/><br />Troy pinched the bridge of his nose
as the memories continued to rush over him.<br
/><br /><em>“I
just got my acceptance letter.” Barry holds
the envelope in his hand. “This
college has the hottest chicks… Not that
it would matter to you.”<br /><br
/></em><em>“What does that
mean?”<br
/><br /></em><em>“It’s Lauren and Troy sitting in a tree…” Barry
sings.<br /><br
/></em><em>“Seriously? You’re like a girl
sometimes, you know that? A big, emotional girl.”<br /><br /></em><em>“Hey!” Barry punches him playfully in the arm.<br /><br
/></em>Madison punched him in the arm sometimes, too…<br /><br />God, what
would he have done if Madison were the one who’d
been killed?</p>
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center;"><strong><em>In the Line of Duty
</em></strong><strong>is available in e-book, paperback,
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<p style="text-align:
justify;"><strong><u>Book Overview:<br
/><br
/></u></strong><em>He devoted his life to seeking justice.
But would she get any for him?<br
/><br /></em>It was an ordinary day
for police officer Barry Weir. It was the end of shift, he was tired, and he
just wanted to get home to his wife and kids. But someone had other plans for
him, shooting him down and forcing him to make the ultimate sacrifice.<br /><br />When news of Weir’s murder reaches the precinct, it leaves
Detective Madison Knight and every cop in the Stiles PD itching for revenge. It
cuts Madison’s
boyfriend, colleague, and Weir’s childhood
friend, Troy Matthews, deepest of all, driving him away from everyone he loves
just when they need one another the most.<br
/><br />With evidence pointing to a
gang-related drive-by, Madison and her team investigate the town’s
seedy underbelly in search of justice for their fallen brother. But the deeper
they dig, the more convoluted the case becomes. Now they need to figure out if
this was a random shooting as part of a gang initiation, a straight-up hate
crime, or a targeted kill. But with members of the Stiles PD under attack, they
have to do it fast…before
more officers pay with their lives.</p>
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<p><strong><u>About the Detective Madison Knight
series:<br /><br
/></u></strong><strong>Murder. Investigation. The pursuit
of justice.</strong> Do
you love trying to figure out whodunit? How about investigating alongside
police detectives from the crime scene to the forensics lab and everywhere in
between? Do you love a strong female lead? Then I invite you to meet Detective
Madison Knight as she solves murders with her male partner, utilizing good
old-fashioned investigative work aided by modern technology.<br /><br />This is the
perfect book series for fans of <em>Law
& Order</em>, <em>CSI</em>, <em>Blue Bloods</em>, <em>Rizzoli & Isles</em>, <em>Women’s
Murder Club</em>, and <em>Hawaii
Five-O</em>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong><u>About the Author<br /><br
/></u></strong>Carolyn Arnold is an international bestselling
and award-winning author, as well as a speaker, teacher, and inspirational
mentor. She has four continuing fiction series and has written nearly thirty
books. Both her female detective and FBI profiler series have been praised by
those in law enforcement as being accurate and entertaining, leading her to
adopt the trademark, POLICE PROCEDURALS RESPECTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT™.</p>
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