The name "Samuel E. Turner," which I've used for this book, belongs-in reality- to my maternal grandfather, but given the fact that he was laid to rest over fifty years ago, I doubt that he'd much mind my borrowing it. After four previous books that were historical in nature, I decided that it was time to broaden my interests and "have-a-go" at fiction-writing (even though, L.A. Cops is partially based on actual events and places in the Southwest)...