A third-generation police officer from Chicago’s hardscrabble south suburbs, Patrick Kane didn’t just serve—he carved his way through the ranks from 1989 until he honorably retired in 2017. During that time, he served as: Patrolman, Detective, Sergeant, Detective Sergeant, Lieutenant, Administrative Lieutenant, Detective Lieutenant, and finally the Investigations Commander, a title earned, not politically given. He served as Director of the Violent Crimes Task Force, which focused on current and unsolved murders and violent crimes, and as Director of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force, where he worked hand-in-hand with FBI and ATF&E Agents on violent and gun-related crimes. He is a court-recognized street gang expert and has testified for both the defense and prosecution on gang-related violent crimes and murders. He signed his name to hundreds of search and arrest affidavits, stood over more than a hundred bodies at crime scenes as lead detective and/or case agent, and closed cases with a 95+% solve rate and a perfect conviction record—a statistical ghost in the world of violent crimes. When he finally holstered his service weapon for the last time, he turned to the only thing that cut deeper than a badge: writing. His debut novel, Love and War Over Little Egypt, channels the whiskey-soaked treachery of Prohibition-era gang wars in southern Illinois. Now he’s deep into his next project—a raw, unflinching account of the 1996 murder of fellow police officer Anthony Samfay.