In the Goodreads Society Facebook page, I saw a post from David Wilson asking very nicely if anybody would read one of his books, and post a review on Goodreads, Amazon, and any other platform. I know how hard it is to get people to leave reviews as I am also a published writer, so I replied, yes, I want to read your memoir of being a law enforcement officer. His other books were humor fiction. So, both genres appealed to me, and I am glad. Had it been science fiction or romance, I never would’ve reached out.
Usually, I read memoirs of celebrities and musicians, so this was a nice change for me.
His style of writing captivated me immediately as it was easily readable and humorous. I enjoyed reading about his career progression and how got started in law enforcement. Everything flowed very well throughout the book. I didn’t find myself going back in the book to search for something (like I have to do sometimes when a lot of different people are mentioned) and I never got confused. I wanted to keep on reading and felt like I was in the backseat of his squad car listening to him tell his story.
His stories from the academy training and being a law enforcement officer were interesting and definitely not gruesome; some were actually kind of funny and like really, that happened! Obviously, he didn’t use the real names of people and his made-up names were hysterical.
He does offer his opinions on racism and drugs, which I enjoyed reading from his perspective as a law enforcement officer. He was an expert on drug cases, and he caught quite a few people throughout his career. I mean, reading about how stupid somebody can be in regard to selling or buying drugs can probably be another book of his.
I wish he would’ve written more about his time at Bangor International Airport as an airline caterer – maybe this will be another book for him to write.
I am going to put his other books on my Amazon wishlist so I can read them later.
