August 2023 MBR The Criminology Shelf

The Criminology Shelf

Breaking Midnight: A True Story
Lynn Walker
MZW Publishing
https://www.mzwpublishing.com
9781737895541, $14.99, PB, 302pp

https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Midnight-Story-Lynn-Walker/dp/1737895544

Synopsis: John Walker was a Miami undercover narcotics agent in the 1970s. Ten years later, he was in prison for smuggling 12,000 pounds of marijuana. In prison, he connected with a South American drug lord who was still running the family operation from inside the federal pen. Within months of being paroled, John began smuggling again -- this time it was uncut Colombian cocaine. And this time, he put everything on the line: his freedom, his family and, ultimately, his life.

"Breaking Midnight: A True Story" shines a light on the gritty underbelly of Miami drug trafficking and the danger of leading a double life -- as an undercover narc or a smuggler. Based on interviews with her father, John, this biography of him by Lynn Walker is an uncensored, up-close-and-personal account of how a good cop goes bad.

Critique: A simply fascinating, informative, and true account of how and why a law enforcement agent was seduced into a life of crime Lynn Walker's biography of her father, "Breaking Midnight: A True Story", is a compelling read from first page to last. While also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $5.99), "Breaking Midnight: A True Story" is a unique and highly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library American Biography collections and supplemental Criminology curriculum studies lists.

Editorial Note: Lynn Walker (www.LynnWalkerMemoir.com) worked for many years with at-risk high school students whose parents were drug addicts and alcoholics. Her work with those teens compelled her to reconnect with her own estranged father, who had been a Miami undercover narcotics agent-turned-drug smuggler. What she found entangled in his story was part of her own, and she wrote "Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter". Her second book, "Breaking Midnight: A True Story", is about her dad's infamous life, based on numerous interviews she conducted with him over several years. Lynn can be followed on social media @WalkerMemoir

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