Dear Reader,
Thirty years of law enforcement with a major police agency would provide any retired cop with career experiences from which to tap in order to write any book, fiction or non-fiction. I originally started by documenting true life experiences, then realized I could tell more of these stories by embellishing and expanding the fertile imagination, using those real-life people as composite subjects for fictional characters and real-life events as the basis for plots. As I delved more into fiction, I saw where I could not only tell a suspenseful story, but deliver messages to the reader about the many problems inherent within the police profession, and by police officers in today's complex world of crime and injustice.
As a side note, I wish to thank all those fellow officers and other members of the criminal justice community for their friendship over the last fifty-two years, virtually thousands who I consider an integral part of my police family. Last but not least, thanks to the wonderful folks of the United States who continue to ensure social laws exist that are intended to legislate morality and regulate human behavior. For without them, there would be much lower crime rates, less criminals, a weaker organized crime cartel, and in turn, less material for writing books.
Wearing another hat, I also entertain with my pianist friend, Dr. Jay Barnhart, playing music at special events, civic groups, libraries, conferences, and more. Please check out the page for Violinist.
The Upside To Murder
Aberdeen Bay Press | April 2012 | ISBN-13: 978-1-60830-078-5
Trade Paperback | Retail $16.95
After 16 year-old Cassandra is gang-raped, shot and left for dead, African-American Doctor Orville T. Madison, embarks on a stealth campaign to protect his daughter from reliving the terrifying ordeal through rigors of the justice system. His obsessive pursuit drives the Miami physician into a spiral of chaos as he desperately tries to resolve inexplicable conflicts between love of child and love of God. Besides emotional struggles and unending suspense, Upside To Murder offers engaging sub-plots with forensic investigations, social controversy and the power of love. A gut-wrenching drama pitting good versus evil bringing out the worst in the best of people.
The Upside To Murder
" Marshall Frank has proved himself a master at suspense with a novel that weaves a twisted crime story around our most basic human instincts, emotions, and needs. Thumbs up."
—Bahia Abrams, author, The Other Half Of My Soul
"Marshall Frank knows murder for its complexity and surprises. Only a veteran homicide detective can communicate this fast paced tale to the reader."
"Frank has penned a gripping story filled with real people dealing with real dilemmas of life: separation, pain, loss and grief. The reactions of his characters to these dilemmas drive a story that unfolds quickly with many a twist and turn. This book is hard to put down."
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Messages: Short Stories ForThe Thoughtful
AuthorHouse | April 26. 2011 | ISBN-13: 978-1-4567597-1-1
In MESSAGES: SHORT STORIES FOR THE THOUGHTFUL, author Marshall Frank describes his new novel: a small book of 18 short stories, written over a period of 15 years, and now assembled into one collection. Nothing political or controversial, but snapshots into human emotion and expression as experienced over a thirty-year police career and a personal life full of trials and tribulations.
Each story sends a message. Each is about struggle, love, humor, life and death. And each story is based on true events, more or less, as rated by the truth-o-meter at the start of each chapter.
Great book for the bathroom.
Some titles:
"A Cop's Toughest Job? Nothing To Do With Crime."
"Hubert Survives His First Colonoscopy."
"There's more To Being bullied. There's The Bully."
"Discovering a Mother Discovering A Child."
"An Old Violinist's Moment In Carnegie Hall"
Messages: Short Stories For the Thoughtful
" These Novelettes linger in the mind, each an exploration into human nature and human relationships: Loss, tragedy, struggle, youth, old age, the gift of love, the denial of love. Make you think, they do. And more important, they make you feel. Don't miss it."
—Neal Stannard, Author, Radio News Anchor
"Frank's vast experience in law enforcement and classical music elicit the full spectrum of emotions from readers; Joy, sorrow, resignation, regret, anger, desire. Stories are packed with believable, three-dimensional characters, not plastic heroes. Frank has provided that perfect combination of entertainment and something to ponder."
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Criminal Injustice in America: Essays by a Career Cop
AuthorHouse| ISBN-13: 978-1-4389206-2-7 | $19.95 |
In CRIMINAL INJUSTICE IN AMERICA, author Marshall Frank presents a powerful argument for amending laws and process regarding the war on drugs, prostitution, abortion, capital punishment, sex offenses and more. Frank points out how narrow thinking has created an irreversible justice quagmire which not only creates more crime, it serves a prison industrial complex that has grown into a cheap labor pool for corporate America. Only a non-politically correct, thirty-year career cop with the muzzle removed can dare offer such candid and startling alternatives to a failed system that now houses 2.3 million inmates in America’s prisons, at least a third of whom do not belong there.
Readers with interest in the American justice system will find this a stimulating and fascinating collection of essays on subjects never before tackled in this manner. Definitely a book for thinkers."
Criminal Injustice in America: Essays by a Career Cop
“Challenging and daring. Marshall Frank gives us all much to think about. These essays should be discussed and considered by criminal justice professionals, lawmakers and academic thinkers everywhere.”
—David Waksman, author and Ass’t State Attorney, Miami, Florida
"Frank’s suggestions make Criminal Injustice in America a book well worth reading. Few readers, liberal or conservative, will agree with everything this former Miami homicide detective says in his critique of our laws and courts. But he will make you think". — Jeff Minnick, Smoky Mountain News
"Criminal Injustice in America is a provocative book that challenges readers to consider possibilities for legal reform that are beyond the capacity of our current justice system. The author's suggestions for an over-haul of America's justice system are logical, well-researched and supported by statistics. Frank's ideas are also controversial and go against the conservative ideals upon which several of the laws he challenges are based. I highly recommend it."— Melissa Levine, Independent Book Reviewer
Fortis Books | ISBN978-0-9718709-2-5 | $24.95 | April 2007
In From Violins To Violence, Marshall Frank bares all about his transition from a classical violinist, dancer and stepson of a Miami Beach mobster, to becoming one of Miami-Dade County’s premier homicide detectives. In a most compelling autobiography, Frank shares many personal and professional experiences.
Read about:
The connections between his mob-tied family and corrupt officials How an unlikely candidate became a law enforcement officer The struggling heart, mind and family life of a homicide investigator True murders cases, rapes, suicide and other major criminal investigations The arrest of five police officers for murder and the political fallout that followed The truth behind the Liberty City riots of 1980 Crushed marriages, alcoholism and the bane of drug addiction The influence of music in life of turmoil
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From Violins to Violence: A Memoir
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