BLOOD IN THE WATER, A Murder in Stiltsville, begins with the brutal murder of two friends. Detective Hahn is the lead investigator assigned to the case. The reader walks through the scene with him, learning what evidence is discovered and where it leads him. The story tries to show the logical steps a homicide detective would take in solving this case and the time commitment required.
I am a retired twenty-six-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department. The county hired nearly a thousand officers after the riots in 1980. The times were crazy with drugs pouring into the city, cartel drug wars, and the Mariel boatlift. Murders were an everyday occurrence that kept the job interesting. After working as a patrolman for five years, I transferred to work major crime scenes. After nine years, and being assigned the lead in over three hundred homicides, I was approached to apply for the Homicide Bureau. I spent my last twelve years there before retiring. I bring a unique approach to crime solving with my experience as a trained Crime Scene Investigator and Homicide Detective.
