Blood Over Badge

By Wayne Farquhar

Blood over Badge, an intense, taunt and brilliantly told crime thriller, takes readers on a realistic, gritty and real-world tour de force exploring the underbelly of police and detective work. Readers will be taken into an intense story with many twists, turns and surprises — and be left wholly satisfied with an incredible and shocking ending well worth the read.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wayne Farquhar
• Release date: Nov 24, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452419633

Wayne Farquhar

Wayne Farquhar is a 28-year veteran working with the San Jose Police Department in California. He has worked through the ranks from officer to lieutenant with detective assignments in Sexual Assaults, Homicide and Internal Affairs. He has also worked undercover assignments in Child Exploitation, Child Pornography and Vice. He spent 10 years as a street cop and hostage negotiator. Wayne has worked on Federal Task Forces with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). He has appeared on national television, America’s Most Wanted on a murder investigation. Blood over Badge is his first effort in crime-thriller fiction, and he hopes to write more books and speak to larger audiences about his experiences in law enforcement. Wayne lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Reviews for Blood Over Badge

[chewdigest · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really loved this. Farquhar is a cop, so his writing is real. What I really appreciated was that since one of his characters is new to the homicide unit, he was able to clue the reader into aspects of homicide investigation that might be new to us by explaining it to the rookie.

One of the best self published books that I have read this year, tight editing and not a word out of place. Kudos!

[ritaer_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

What is the relation between a lifer in Angola Prison and the murder of the Mayor's daughter in San Francisco? This book betrayed some evidence of being a first effort, but the plot works out with a surprising series of last minute twists.

[marcejewels · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

From my blogA believable crime thriller that has a shocking best twisted ending. This was Wayne Farquhar's debut and I expect great things from him. Great true detectives with disgusting hard core mouths, so you must be up for the language. I thought it was great when one of the detectives had to do a press release and was told, 'watch your mouth'.The first third of the book was good but I felt it missed something, I couldn't put my finger on it, just wasn't enough filler I guess. This is what I think the author should work on. Don't get me wrong I do not enjoy overly description but this only gave you the goods, overall the story was only 259 pages. I wanted to get invested in the story more but after half way it was so gripping and fast paced that it didn't matter anymore. The author is a veteran police detective so that experience made the story very real.You know that there is a connection and you are trying to figure it out but you can't put your finger on it and WHAM it is the end of the book and your shocked, like wow, really, but how....... Great stuff. I enjoyed seeing all the different perspectives of police, detectives, prison guards and crime scene specialists. If you want a fast, down and dirty crime thriller, I totally recommend this one.