Benefit of the Doubt, Neal Griffin
Benefit of the Doubt, Neal Griffin
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Benefit of the Doubt

Author: Neal Griffin

Narrator: Fleet Cooper

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/12/2015

Synopsis

Neal Griffin is a twenty-five year veteran of law enforcement. He's seen it all, from routine patrols to drug enforcement to homicide investigations, from corrupt cops to men and women who went far above and beyond the call of duty.Benefit of the Doubt is a gripping thriller that exposes the dark underbelly of policing in small-town America, where local police departments now deal with big-city crimes and corruption.Ben Sawyer was a big-city cop, until he nearly killed a helpless suspect in public. Now a detective in the tiny Wisconsin town where he and his wife grew up, Ben suspects that higher-ups are taking payoffs from local drug lords.Before long, Ben is off the force. His wife is accused of murder. His only ally is another outcast, a Latina rookie cop. Worse, a killer has escaped from jail with vengeance on his mind, and Newburg—and Ben Sawyer—in his sights.

About Neal Griffin

Growing up in west-central Wisconsin on a steady diet of Joseph Wambaugh novels and episodes of Police Story, Neal Griffin always wanted to be a cop. A former marine, Griffin has been a police officer in California for more than twenty-five years. Since his days on patrol, he’s been a field training officer, tactical operations team leader, hostage negotiator, narcotics investigator, gang enforcement specialist, and supervisor of a homicide unit. Griffin received special recognition from the FBI for capturing a serial bank robber and is a graduate of the prestigious FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia—an invitation-only program for senior law-enforcement professionals from around the world. He’s a master instructor in law-enforcement leadership and ethics and has created training materials used by police departments throughout the United States. Articles written by Griffin on police ethics and the relationship between the police and communities they serve have appeared in Police Chief magazine, on CNN.com, and in more than seventy newspapers. He holds a political science degree from California State University. Neal Griffin is married to Olga Diaz, and they have four children. They travel regularly and often return to Neal’s beloved Wisconsin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on April 30, 2015

A special thank you to Macmillan-Tor/Forge and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Neal Griffin, delivers an edgy and cleverly-plotted page-turner debut -BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, a suspenseful crime thriller of revenge, corruption, and murder. Harlan Lee has one thing in mind. Reven......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on February 15, 2015

Ben Sawyer was forced out of his big city cop job and returned to his small home town in WI as a detective under his father-in-law who is chief of police. He is resented by fellow cops who don’t think he earned his position and when his father-in-law suffers a stroke the acting chief tries to make h......more

Goodreads review by Darcia on April 13, 2015

This is a crime novel written by a man who has experienced the inner workings of our justice system. I expected realism, and Neal Griffin delivered that aspect extremely well. The book starts out a little slow. The author introduces several characters consecutively, giving us background into their li......more

Goodreads review by T. on April 19, 2015

A totally riveting and satisfying crime/suspense novel with vivid characters and a twisty, complicated plot.......more

Goodreads review by 3 no 7 on July 08, 2015

This is a compelling book full of twists and turns; in the course of "justice" nothing goes smoothly. The only reason I did not give this book the full five stars is that every character has a dark side -- some more than others. I really would have liked it if there had been even one "good guy" in t......more

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