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PRAISE FOR W.E.B. GRIFFIN’S ALL-TIME CLASSIC SERIES,
BADGE OF HONOR
W.E.B. Griffin’s electrifying epic series
of a big-city police force…
“DAMN EFFECTIVE…He captivates you with characters the way few authors can.”
—
Tom Clancy
“TOUGH, AUTHENTIC…POLICE DRAMA AT ITS BEST…Readers will feel as if they’re part of the investigation, and the true-to-life characters will soon feel like old friends. Excellent reading.”
—
Dale Brown, bestselling author of
Day of the Cheetah
and
Hammerheads
“COLORFUL…GRITTY…TENSE.”
—
The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A REAL WINNER.”
—
New York Daily News
“NOT SINCE JOSEPH WAMBAUGH have we been treated to a police story of the caliber that Griffin gives us. He creates a story about real people in a real world doing things that are AS REAL AS TODAY’S HEADLINES.”
—
Harold Coyle, bestselling author
of
Team Yankee
and
Sword Point
“FANS OF ED MCBAIN’S 87TH PRECINCT NOVELS BETTER MAKE ROOM ON THEIR SHELVES…
Badge of Honor
is first and foremost the story of the people who solve the crimes. The characters come alive.”
—
Gainesville Times
(GA)
“GRITTY, FAST-PACED…AUTHENTIC.”
—
Richard Herman, Jr., author
of
The Warbirds
THE CORPS
W.E.B. Griffin’s bestselling saga of
the heroes we call Marines…
“THE BEST CHRONICLER OF THE U.S. MILITARY EVER TO PUT PEN TO PAPER.”
—
Phoenix Gazette
“A BRILLIANT STORY…NOT ONLY WORTHWHILE, IT’S A PUBLIC SERVICE.”
—
The Washington Times
“GREAT READING. A superb job of mingling fact and fiction…[Griffin’s] characters come to life.”
—
The Sunday Oklahoman
“THIS MAN HAS REALLY DONE HIS HOMEWORK…I confess to impatiently awaiting the appearance of succeeding books in the series.”
—
The Washington Post
“GRIFFIN’S BOOKS HAVE HOOKED ME…THERE IS NO ONE BETTER.”
—
Chattanooga News-Free Press
“W.E.B. GRIFFIN HAS DONE IT AGAIN!”
—
Rave Reviews
“ACTION-PACKED…DIFFICULT TO PUT DOWN.”
—
Marine Corps Gazette
BROTHERHOOD OF WAR
A sweeping military epic of the United States Army that
became a
New York Times
bestselling phenomenon
.
“A MAJOR WORK…MAGNIFICENT…POWERFUL…If books about warriors and the women who love them were given medals for authenticity, insight and honesty,
Brotherhood of War
would be covered with them.”
—
William Bradford Huie, author of
The Klansman
and
The Execution of Private Slovik
“
Brotherhood of War
gets into the hearts and minds of those who by choice or circumstances are called upon to fight our nation’s wars.”
—
William R. Corson, Lt. Col. (Ret.) U.S.M.C.,
author of
The Betrayal
and
The Armies of Ignorance
“Captures the rhythms of army life and speech, its rewards and deprivations…A WELL-WRITTEN, ABSORBING ACCOUNT.”
—
Publishers Weekly
“REFLECTS THE FLAVOR OF WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER.”
—
Frederick Downs, author of
The Killing Zone
“LARGE, EXCITING, FAST-MOVING.”
—
Shirley Ann Grau, author of
The Keepers of the House
“A MASTER STORYTELLER who makes sure each book stands on its own.”
—
Newport News Press
“GRIFFIN HAS BEEN CALLED THE LOUIS L’AMOUR OF MILITARY FICTION, AND WITH GOOD REASON.”
—
Chattanooga News-Free Press
TITLES BY W.E.B. GRIFFIN
HONOR BOUND
HONOR BOUND
BLOOD AND HONOR
SECRET HONOR
DEATH AND HONOR
BROTHERHOOD OF WAR
BOOK I: THE LIEUTENANTS
BOOK II: THE CAPTAINS
BOOK III: THE MAJORS
BOOK IV: THE COLONELS
BOOK V: THE BERETS
BOOK VI: THE GENERALS
BOOK VII: THE NEW BREED
BOOK VIII: THE AVIATORS
BOOK IX: SPECIAL OPS
THE CORPS
BOOK I: SEMPER FI
BOOK II: CALL TO ARMS
BOOK III: COUNTERATTACK
BOOK IV: BATTLEGROUND
BOOK V: LINE OF FIRE
BOOK VI: CLOSE COMBAT
BOOK VII: BEHIND THE LINES
BOOK VIII: IN DANGER’S PATH
BOOK IX: UNDER FIRE
BOOK X: RETREAT, HELL
!
BADGE OF HONOR
BOOK I: MEN IN BLUE
BOOK II: SPECIAL OPERATIONS
BOOK III: THE VICTIM
BOOK IV: THE WITNESS
BOOK V: THE ASSASSIN
BOOK VI: THE MURDERERS
BOOK VII: THE INVESTIGATORS
BOOK VIII: FINAL JUSTICE
MEN AT WAR
BOOK I: THE LAST HEROES
BOOK II: THE SECRET WARRIORS
BOOK III: THE SOLDIER SPIES
BOOK IV: THE FIGHTING AGENTS
BOOK V: THE SABOTEURS
BOOK VI: THE DOUBLE AGENTS
PRESIDENTIAL AGENT
BOOK I: BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
BOOK II: THE HOSTAGE
BOOK III: THE HUNTERS
BOOK IV: THE SHOOTERS
BADGE OF HONOR VI
THE Murderers
W. E. B. GRIFFIN
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THE MURDERERS

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Copyright © 1994 by W.E.B. Griffin.

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For Sergeant Zebulon V. Casey
Internal Affairs Division
Police Department, Retired, the City of Philadelphia.
He knows why
.
THE Murderers
CONTENTS
ONE
Officer Jerry Kellog, who was on the Five Squad of the Narcotics Unit of the Philadelphia Police Department, had heard somewhere that if something went wrong, and you found yourself looking down the barrel of a gun, the best thing to do was smile. Smiling was supposed to make the guy holding the gun on you less nervous, less likely to use the gun just because he was scared.

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