Men in Blue

Men in Blue is the first book in the Badge of Honor series. I read what written was of the series when they first came out in the mid-80’s. Love them. (I’ve also read twice, The Brotherhood of War). I lost track of the Badge of Honor and never finished the series. I thought at the time there were on......more

This was my first W. E. B Griffin book and I didn't know what to expect. Whatever I expected, it wasn't. Not a police procedural, not a mystery, not an action piece. It was rather an intelligent bit of character development and displayed the Men in Blue as people with flaws along with their deserved......more

Men in Blue is the first entry in W.E.B. Griffin's Badge of Honor series, which focuses on the Philadelphia Police Department. As an introduction to a brand new cast of characters, Men in Blue does its job surprisingly well. Griffin has a flair for writing books with plodding plots that spend quite a......more

I've read other books from this series and I finally got around to reading the first one. Even though it isn't, it felt like a prequel to all of the characters that I already know and love. It gave me a bunch of information that I didn't already have about why the characters are the way they are and......more

This may not be the newest, but it certainly is one of the top series about the lives of the police and their families! W.E.B. Griffin has written several excellent series. This one is about the lives of the men and women on the Philadelphia force as well as their families. Not a recent book, it's s......more