In a message dated 1/20/06 2:04:13 PM,
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com writes:
>
> The two main characters in George Pelecanos's
DRAMA
> CITY are a female DC parole officer and her
client.
>
> Dennis E. Bolan is a federal parole officer in
Canada.
> His novel STUPID CRIMES fictionalizes his
> experiences.
>
> Nancy Taylor Rosenberg has written at least
three
> novels featuring Southern California
probation
> officers, FIRST OFFENSE, SULLIVAN'S LAW,
and
> SULLIVAN'S JUSTICE.
>
> ANGELS OF ANGUISH by Sherri L. Board is about a
female
> juvenile probation officer looking into the murder
of
> her own son.
>
> I could be wrong about this, but it seems to me
that
> one of William Campbell Gault's stand-alone
novels
> (DON'T CRY FOR ME perhaps) also features a
juvenile
> probation officer as its protagonist.
>
I'm away from my bookshelf, but I believe the female
protagonist in Elmore Leonard's Maximum Bob is a P.O., isn't
she?
John Lau
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