“Mike has the best stories!”
“You should write a book!”
I heard this more times than I can count. I kept thinking to myself, “I do have good stories, but who wants to read another cop book?”
Then I was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, and realized – I had a story to tell – something different…something special!
The stories people found interesting and unique were not ordinary cop stories but cop stories with a twist! Not the adventures of your everyday cop but one with rare neurological wiring!
I started to write, and with the help of the eidetic memory that comes with the Asperger package, I soon had the makings of four books. And, when I looked at the two books about my adventures as a uniformed cop and the two books of adventures as a detective; I needed a fifth!
I needed a prequel to the police department. A foundational book, if you will, about life with undiagnosed Asperger syndrome that eventually led me to the police department and beyond!
This is that book: The first in a series detailing my unique adventures, trials and triumphs from childhood in a crowded SW Philly row-home-city-state, populated by the apex of the Boom – when grade school classes strained at the seams with 100 children per class and city busses tottered under the weight of high school students packed to the doors – set in the most interesting times of the last century: the ‘60s and ‘70s!
This book starts in the crib and flows to the steps of the Philadelphia Police Academy where the adventure matures and continues with those “best stories” – authentic stories – straight from heart of Philly.
Coming Books
Big City Cop – Title TBD
Being a cop in the big city in the ‘70s was a big deal! Doing it with undiagnosed Asperger syndrome gave the whole affair quite the twist! There were too many zany stories for one book, so I split it into two for ease of carry! I lived all those adventures you see on the big screen in real life, with my special perspective, through the social fog called Aspergers.
Volume I release date approx. March 2025
Volume II release date approx. August 2025
Big City Detective – Title TBD
When I was promoted to detective I became the youngest detective in the city. I saw it as the way it was supposed to be; the folks around me – not so much! This is that unique perspective provided by Aspergers – thinking that everyone else was somehow out-of-synch! This perspective continued throughout my career, as I shouldered my way through very exciting times – my way!
Volume I release date approx. December 2025
Volume II release date approx. March 2026
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