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Marshall Frank, 67, is a retired captain from the
Metro-Dade Police Department in Miami, Florida, where he
spent the majority of his thirty years investigating murders
or commanding those who did.
Born to vaudevillian parents in New York City, Frank
moved to Miami, Florida at the age of five in an era when
more Seminole Indians strolled Main Street than
Cuban-Americans. After graduating high school, he
worked various jobs including ballroom dance instruction
and symphony violinist before serving a short stint in the
United States Marine Corps Reserves.
Thanks to the advice of a notorious Miami Beach bookie,
and thoughtful stepfather, he found his serving as a road
patrolman for three years before rising through the ranks
to captain.
Outside of working vice, Frank's career covered the gamut
of high stress police assignments, including Internal
Affairs, Criminal Intelligence and sixteen years in Homicide
and Crime Scene Investigations, seven years as a
detective and nine more in a command status. He also
served as captain in charge of Staff Inspections and chief
executive officer of a 250 man district station.
From Violins to Violence
Militant Islam in America
The Latent: A Miami Novel
Call Me Mommy
On My Father's Grave
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.
In concise, no-frills style, “Militant Islam In America”
unveils disturbing revelations about the surreptitious
invasion of the United States by Wahhabi Islamic forces
from the Middle East hell-bent on replacing the
Constitution by the Quran. Deftly researched, powerfully
written and politically incorrect, the author summarizes the
bottom line: Under the unwatchful eye of the U.S.
government, the non-peaceful side of Islam is using money,
political influence and the protection of our Bill of Rights to
conquer and create the Islamic Republic Of America before
the end of this century.
Called to a bloody murder scene at an oceanside motel in
North Miami Beach, Florida, award- winning homicide
detective, Rockford Burgamy, is embroiled in a baffling case
that plunges him into a series of roadblocks in which his
most serious adversary is himself. Down-on-his-luck, broke,
a twice divorced father of two, Burgamy must conduct his
investigation within the unfamiliar culture of gay life while
the department imposes unyielding pressures that threatens
to destroy his morale. As the probe unveils a pattern of
serial killings, the case also triggers a resurrection of
haunting childhood events that had altered Burgamy's life
forever. The ordeal ultimately leads to a conclusion no one
would have ever anticipated, including himself.
One day, one moment, one event, alters the lives of three
people forever. Laura Ramsey, spends a lifetime struggling
to protect and gain acceptance of her child as the scourge of
evil, crime and drugs present insurmountable roadblocks.
Lloyd Ramsey, rich and powerful lawyer whose selfish
actions wreak havoc with the future for one woman and her
son. Bowen Ramsey, a child born of parents from two
different worlds, torn between right and wrong, would have
few choices as he's guided down a wayward path.
For forty-seven years, she had never questioned her
identity. The daughter of an infamous crime boss and
former New York City showgirl,Vicki Valentine suddenly
discovers that her Mafioso father is not her father after all,
and that her true father had mysteriously died in 1959.
With the help of boyfriend, Holt Whitaker, Vicki launches a
tenacious personal investigation that takes her from steamy
Miami to NewYork trying to unravel the mystery
surrounding the fate of her father, only to stumble upon a
conundrum of old family secrets that threaten her very
existence. When Holt is jailed for the murder of her
ex-husband, Vicki finds herself standing alone in the face of
perilous mob obstacles. Desperate to find her roots and
expose the decades of lies,Vicki remains steadfast in her
search for the truth.
While on a mission to discover her lost past, this mother of
a hearing-impaired boy faces an uncertain future, a
marriage proposal and an eroding relationship with her
alcoholic mother, who desperately seeks to retain her
daughter's love, but dares not betray her beloved husband.
Inspired by true events, this heart-wrenching novel is
dotted with murder, deceit, panic, strange forensic twists,
romance, family tragedy and enough surprises to keep
suspense lovers on the edge from cover to cover.
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