Officer Rex: (A Police Dog's Story)

By Richard N. James

They don't ignore a cry in the heat.
They don't walk past a chain and a waterless bowl.
They bring the law.
And they bring the teeth.

Officers Jon Tucker and Tim Billings find a Tervuren Belgian Shepherd dog barking on a front lawn.
The owner earns a second strike, and the dog gets a second life.

Tucker adopts and trains him.
A rescue becomes a weapon with a badge.

Then a toddler vanishes.
A routine search becomes a tightrope walk over a dark city.
Leads multiply like footprints in fresh dirt.

Threats follow like shadows at noon.
Organized crime closes in.
A crooked DA smooths the truth into a lie.

Rex tracks what men try to bury.
Rex hears what fear tries to whisper.
And when the hunters decide the cops are the target, the leash snaps into a lifeline.

Some trails end at a doorstep.
This one ends where the truth gets unmuzzled or unleashed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BSKN366T
• ISBN13: 9798374007701
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"