Badge of honor

Police work made more difficult by a hostile press when kidnapping spree terrifies city.

Police officer Matt Payne finds himself trying to outsmart a group of killers claiming to be terrorists and stop them before more innocent lives are lost.

A Philadelphia narcotics cop is shot dead in his home. A bar owner's wife and partner are gunned down during an attempted robbery. And in a beautiful mansion, a young woman dies of a drug overdose. At first the crimes seem unconnected. But these four deaths are about to trigger a massive convergence of corrupti

"Detective Matt Payne of the Philadelphia police department--newly promoted to sergeant and assigned to Homicide--finds himself in the middle of three major assignments."--from book jacket.

There's a sudden spike in murders in Philadelphia, but no one seems to mind much because the victims are all lowlifes. However, when vigilante groups spring up claiming credit for some of the murders, Homicide Sergeant Matthew Payne hopes it isn't true. As the targets get bigger and events start moving out of control, Payne realizes that if he and his colleagues can't figure out who's behind this very soon, the violence could overtake them all.

"The dramatic new novel in the Philadelphia police saga by #1 New York Times-bestselling author W. E. B. Griffin. In Philadelphia--suffering among the country's highest murder rates--the tension between the Philadelphia Police Department and its Citizens Oversight Committee has long been reaching a boiling point. That turmoil turns from bad to worse shortly after the committee begins targeting police shootings--especially those of twenty-seven-year-old...

In the dark shadows of downtown Philadelphia, the body of a seventeen-year-old suburban high school cheerleader is found floating in the Delaware River. Homicide sergeant Matt Payne learns that the entire crime was captured as digital video. The murderer has gone underground. Payne races to find the killer before he can unleash an even more savage attack.