Kids can take a ride with Big Mike as he goes through a day in the life of a typical police officer, showing young readers that police officers work hard to help people and keep them safe. Full color.

Follows Mike, a police officer, as he and his partner and a police dog go through a day that includes helping at the scene of a traffic accident, searching for lost children, and visiting an elementary school.

Why do police cars patrol the streets? Police cars help police officers fight crime and stop people from driving dangerously. Get a look into these cars and the equipment police use inside them.

BIG MIKE is a series of vignettes and observations taken together tell the story of a young life between the ages of two years to twenty-three. The collection of stories tells of the events that affected the author’s life in the 1940s through the 1960s. He takes on life with a zeal and determination while dealing with a severe speech impediment. At times humorous, often sad, but always full of spirit and grit, the author deals with the issues of life. It is his honor and privilege to share his story with you and hopes you enjoy it. Come join Big Mike on his journey...

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate police officers and what they do.

Winner of the Shamus Award for Best Novel Working late-night surveillance at a luxury condominium development, Chicago private investigator Joe Kozmarski encounters a burglary crew. Two of the crew members show up in a police cruiser dressed in uniform. In the chaos that follows, Kozmarski shoots and kills one of the thieves, who, like the rest of the crew, is one of Chicago's Finest. And just like that Kozmarski finds he's in for many a bad night's sleep. Kozmarski joins the burglary crew, working as an inside agent for his old friend Lieutenant Bill Gubman. Facing dangerous suspicions from both the criminal gang and the uncorrupted ranks of the police department, uncertain about who wishes to help him stay alive and who wishes to kill him, Kozmarski takes his wildest ride yet. A Bad Night's Sleep pushes full throttle through the streets of Chicago to a stunning conclusion.

A tale of murder, seven people in five months it all began on October 14, 2003. The citizens of Chicago were glued to their television sets watching the Cub's play the Florida Marlins in game five of the national league playoffs. Simultaneously, on the far south side of the city, two young struggling drug addicted women entered into an abandoned house with the sole purpose of having sex for drugs. Little did they know, they would never leave again. The two men they met that fateful night would go on a killing spree starting with them. A gruesome series of murders that went on for months before the police would ever become aware of the crimes. It is now a race between the killers, who are definitely planning to kill again, and "The Murder Police," who must stop them before any more innocent women are murdered. The language is real. The people are real. This story is real and it leaves you on the very edge of your seat with a racing spellbound heart until the very end. This is one of many tragic true cases of Chicago's finest, better known as... "The Murder Police"