August 21, 2006 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to police officers turned authors, has added its 92nd police author, Donald Harstad. Don, Vietnam veteran, joined the Clayton County Sheriff’s Department in 1974. During his 26 years with the sheriff’s department he has been a patrol officer, investigator and the Deputy Sheriff. Donald Harstad’s first novel, Eleven Hours, introduced the character of Carl Houseman, a deputy sheriff working in the Midwest.
According to Lesley Dunlap, of the Mystery Reader, Eleven Hours is a classic page turner. “I had my finger poised on the on the edge of each page to flip to the next in a split-second,” Dunlap said. Dunlap went on to outline Harstad first novel:
“It's nearly midnight in mid-April. There is still ice and snow on the roads and the fields. The communications center of a small northeastern Iowa sheriff's department receives an hysterical call from a woman informing them that murders are being committed at an isolated farmhouse.”
“Houseman discovers the body of a man and his gravely injured dog. He is soon joined by another deputy. Exploring the crime scene, they are puzzled to see items that indicate strange religious practices. Not long afterwards, three more gruesomely mutilated bodies are discovered at a nearby farmhouse.”
“It soon becomes apparent that these crimes are linked to Satanic practices. The investigation will expand to involve the state police and a specialist from the New York Police Department. The officers uncover the horrifying details of Satan worship which seems to include ritual sacrifice of a baby. Over the course of eleven days, the quiet existence of this rural community will be disrupted as the sordid details of the lives of the residents are gradually revealed.”
Police-Writers.com now lists 92 police authors and their 249 books in six categories.
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