Griffin has now settled down in this series to be mostly about crime, especially murder. The love lives of the two principal officers are also shaping up. The murder stories are told rather matter-of-factly but the plodding police work reveals just how it happens. ( )

I seem to be enjoying the Badge of Honor series, but Griffin has really produced some dragging plots here. This was a long book that could have been made shorter, but for the author's writing syle--there are many repeats and summaries along with characters reading written summaries--one described a room and it's content in very much detail. I'm not sure why? There are many characters, revolving around each other and sometimes they get lost in the reader's mind. As always, the book doesn't climax, it just ends, leaving the reader to wonder who dunnit? I should give up on this series and go on to something I enjoy, but I'l try book #7.. ( )

This series really took off again with this entry. I love how Griffin expertly laid out the investigative process used by the Philly PD to solve the murder cases in this book, and the characters seemed to really shine in the process. ( )

This is the sixth book, of 10 books, in the series, The Badge of Honour, and was published, Nov 1995. The series is about the City of Philadelphia police force, including the Philadelphia Highway Patrol, from the cop on the beat, right up to the Commissioner. An officer of the Five Squad of the Narcotics Unit of the Philadelphia Police Department is shot and killed in his home. The ensuing investigation suggests the whole Five Squad maybe corrupt. Quick read and lots of action. ( )

My latest read, me hearties, and it be done read on talk like a pirate day. It be a decent plunder, but there be better in the sea. It have cops, and there be murders. It be part of a series, and it don't stand so good on its own. Arrrr, I shouda read the others first. ( )