Home front - Paperback

by John a. Bray (Author)

Home Front is the sequel to Flags of Our Sons. Johnny Madigan a teen-age Union soldier, after being wounded at Fredericksburg was assigned to undercover duties. He is now sent to New york City to penetrate a counterfeiting ring loyal to the Confederacy.

Author Biography

After serving for seventeen years in the New York City Police Department he took early retirement with the rank of lieutenant in 1976. While in the Police Department, he acquired a Bachelor of Science degree from John Jay College and a Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School. After admission to the Bar he was assigned for four years as a lieutenant prosecutor in the Department's internal disciplinary system. Upon leaving the NYPD, he practiced criminal defense law on Long Island and in New York City for 30 years. In 2004, he received a Master of Arts degree in Theology from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, Long Island. Now fully retired, he lives with his wife Vera in Williamsburg, VA. A Past President of the Chesapeake Bay Writers Club, a member of the Virginia Writers Club and a member of the International Thriller Writers. The author of four novels now published on Amazon Kindle by Endeavour Press of London, England with new titles and cover art: FLAGS OF OUR SONS, a historical novel of the Civil War era, (formerly THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY MADIGAN), BLUE HEAT, a police procedural/thriller, (formerly THE CONFIDENTIAL), and HOME FRONT, (formerly CODE NAME: CALEB), the sequel to FLAGS. His fourth novel, the sequel to BLUE HEAT is entitled BROKEN FORCE. He has had had several short stories published in both print in LOST COAST REVIEW MAGAZINE and various e-zine formats. All four novels are available in print. Contact info: jbray6@cox.net, 757-345-0405