Violet “West” Shelley, the daughter of a legendary poet, has a few problems. A successful true crime writer, she endures trauma as she interviews and writes about serial killers. She also carries the burden of a mother who committed suicide during her infancy, leaving her in the care of her uncle Lawton, a professor of history.

In Wolf with a Badge, John Wolf, a retired veteran of thirty years with Broward County Florida law enforcement and his wife Arlene provide readers a vivid, behind-the-scenes look at police work.