I really liked this book. Each chapter was told from a different POV by a real life police officer. Each story was told from the heart. It gave a good insight to those who put their lives on the line to serve and protect. I did like how each of their stories showed how they were dealing with the mental health issues that come with the job.

This book was amazing. It details experiences that law enforcement of all kinds deal with on a daily basis. It opens the readers eyes to see what they really deal with every day and what lead them to pick this career path.

Incredibly written and definitely recommend. Each story is not that long but well worth the read.

Thank you netgalley for my ARC.

This book was really good! The kind of amazing writing I have come to expect from James Patterson. I was hooked from the beginning and didn't want to put it down.

Thanks to a Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC of this book.

Outstanding glimpses into a cops life in every type of situation imaginable, highly entertaining for those of us who love police procedurals; personally I found this book fascinating and one of my personal favorites!

Until next time, remember to thank our boys, and women in blue!

I really enjoyed reading real life stories from our people in BLUE! It helps me appreciate the things they do daily to keep our streets and lives safe.

This is a book of the stories and real life experiences of police officers from across the country. Coming from a law enforcement family, I enjoyed the book and finished it rather quickly.

My husband was a police officer for 46 years and I worried about him every single day he left for work. The experiences these LEO's talked about were things my husband experienced in his own job. <any talked about how the job had changed in that police officers are often betrayed as bad people and that is a sad state of affairs for our country. Most police officers are good people who truly care about people and want to do a good job. Are there bad cops? Yes. There also are bad people in many other professions but we should not judge all by the bad actions of others.

This is a must read for any in law enforcement or thinking of entering the profession. Also every citizen shoould read this book and really get to know what these men and women do to protect them.

As only JP can do he intwined stories of multiple law enforcements. We read how they conquer and protect us everyday.

This is a book that gives readers a sliver of an opening eye of what the people in blue go through on daily basis as they walk the streets to protect the people. I can say that I do not have the hoopspa that they have to face the hardcore psychotic situations that they stare down. This is a book that entertains the soul of a person whose curious about what officers go through. It’s a page turner filled with the highs and lows surrounding peoples lives. I received a copy of this book for a voluntary honest review

I loved this book. Gave a different view of.wjat law enforcement go through day in and day out. I absolutely loved this book. And James Patterson does it again

This is an extremely interesting book about the people responsible for keeping us safe. It tells some of their stories on how they got into this profession, how they train and why they stay in the profession. I highly suggest reading this, it really makes you appreciate all their hard work.

Cops are people too. I think a lot of the time, the media and others tend to forget that fact. And when a group is demonized and made to be less-than human, problems arise. The fact that the law enforcers are being demonized and not respected is a problem if we want to have a safe society where we can live in peace and not be afraid of bad actors with evil intent.

Yes, there have been and still are bad police officers and yes, in certain areas corruption and brutality were and still are a problem, but to assume EVERY officer is bad and EVERY interaction with the police will end in the victimization of the civilians isn't correct or healthy.

As one of the police officers in this book pointed out, there are bad priests, bad teachers, bad cops. Humans have the capacity to be bad, in any profession. The good cops HATE the bad ones, because it makes their job harder and honestly, they have to deal with things we can only IMAGINE, so something making an already difficult job harder is no laughing matter.

Having read the stories in this book, I respect those who choose to become police officers even more, especially those who do it in this brave new world of lack of respect for their authority and where their own management and politicians won't back them when they try to enforce the laws that are on the books.

Many of the stories deal with PTSD from the stuff they deal with, seeing people hurt/killed in gruesome ways, children killed by their own parents or from school shooting, the casual violence that can so easily have killed them so they wouldn't have gone home if only the bullet shot at them had been an inch closer, domestic violence that did not end well for the victim and cleaning up after drunk people did stupid things around trains just to name a few.

I'm so so SO glad that they are allowed to have people and places they can go to for mental help. The stigma is slowly being dismantled. It's not "suck it up Buttercup, what are you, weak?" anymore. The tide is finally starting to turn, but as one of the cops said in this book, he knows more friends on the force who committed suicide then were killed by a bad actor in one year. Both of those numbers were above zero, we need to work as a society to do better with BOTH of those numbers, everywhere.

Let the police stop the bad guys and give the bad guys actual punishment instead of slaps on the wrist and continue to dismantle the stigma of mental health help and to actively be there for the brave men and women who wake up every day and put on their uniform, without the intention to shoot anyone, without bloodlust in their hearts, but the true desire to help those who can't help themselves.

Yes, there are bad cops out there, yes, there is still brutality out there, but it's not ALL of them. They are all human; some good, some not so good, some having a bad day. If you wouldn't go out of your way to or applaud someone who would antagonize anyone in another profession, (teachers, lawyers, sanitation workers, mail people, doctors, waiters and waitresses, etc.), why go after those who have sworn to uphold the law, most of whom do and who would be the first to come when you called for help?

5, we are ALL human and should be respected as such and I'm glad that this book shows that cops have hearts and thoughts and feelings too, they aren't all hate-filled, want to shoot everything that moves robots, stars.

Thanks to my Buddy-Reader Scott who suggested this book. : )

My thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the honor of reading this book. This awe inspiring book was very similar to “Called to Serve”, but focused primarily on law enforcement. The book is filled with short stories in first voice. These men and women truly put their lives on the line each shift....and even when they are off duty and a situation arises. Many of the stories show the unselfish service of serving communities after so many ad served our country. Others followed in the footsteps of family members in law enforcement. This is a quick read; however, I read it twice so I could absorb it all. It is a book I will not forget.

Walk the Blue Line provides behind the scenes details of several members of law enforcement officers at the state and local level from all over the country. The officers give background as to how they came to the profession and then tell the stories of challenging arrests or responses to emergency situations.
The anecdotes are ripe with the gory details and horribly tragic events that they deal with on a daily basis.
Several of the officers told of dealing with PTSD and the challenges of living a normal life away from the job.

Readers will walk away from this book with considerable admiration for the men and women who serve and protect us.

Walk the Blue Line was an eye-opening read. It is filled with short chapters, giving insight into the lives of many different LEOs. In light of the recent activities of some LEOs, this is a good read allowing others to see what is experienced by many of those who are working to protect, serve and defend. It takes a special person to do this type of job. And what we must remember is that if they are bad officers, chances are they were bad people to begin with. We also need to look at the person not the uniform. They are human beings: someone’s son, brother, husband, father. These stories will give you a glimpse into what it takes to put on that uniform and walk out the door knowing that every situation will be different and one could result in your death. Thank you to NetGalley, James Patterson and the publisher for allowing me the opportunity to review this book.

Deeply moving, personal stories from law enforcement men and women. I wish the LE officers from the National Forests and Parks had been included in this book. They deal with most of the same things while protecting our national lands and the people who visit them.