Officer David Wing is brand new, fresh out of the Air Force where he served as a security police officer. A married man, he moves to Dillingham, a small fishing town in Alaska, and joins the local police force while his wife, Samantha, is still serving in the military. Wing is a star in the police force before even attending the training academy. He busts and arrests criminals. Dillingham, as described in this book, seems like a busy big city with non-stop calls for police service. But a lot of times, the town folks don't want the service. And Mr. Wings is often slow to call for back up until it's too late. It seems as if working as a cop in this small jurisdiction is like working for the LAPD dealing with big incidents.
After I read the synopsis, I was expecting stories of racism throughout the pages, but, to me, it was policing as normal. It wasn't until more than halfway through the book that I started noticing the racism references mentioned in the synopsis. An arrest gone wrong started the chain of events with the town council. Will Mr. Wing, his Chief of Police and his brothers in blue cave to the town leaders' demands, or do they have another plan?
In Rookie, which is set in the early 1980s, I learned what I already personally knew: being a cop takes dedication. Mr. Wing has a supportive wife who is by his side while he serves the citizens of Dillingham. The mandated overtime seems overkill but maybe that's how things used to be in the 80s.
This is certainly a must read for those interested in small town policing, or for readers interested in suspense in general. "Rookie" is a greatly written book with very minimal grammatical errors, unlike some recent police authors I've read.
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