**A Story Unlike Any Other, Told by a Truly Remarkable Author**

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**Full Time Police Detective, Full Time Author, Bernard Schaffer rocked the independent publishing world with SUPERBIA, a no-holds barred account of Detectives Vic Ajax and Frank O'Ryan battling the forces of evil...and the system they serve. **

"Funny and disturbingly horrible. Recommended for everyone." (Amazon)

"This was a complete surprise to me. I was expecting the usual police procedural ... and THIS one blew me away. I won't reveal any of the plot, other than to say it was real, gritty and soooo believable. Do yourself a favor - get it, buy it, rent it, borrow it, check steal it ... then READ it. You will not be disappointed." (Amazon)

"Fantastic read. Superbia is funny, brutal, sad, and tragic all at the same time." (Goodreads)  

BOOK ONE of the SUPERBIA SERIES from Bernard Schaffer, author of THE THIEF OF ALL LIGHT, coming from Kensington Publications in hardback, Summer 2018

After Frank O'Ryan gets shot in the line of duty, his first assignment is working with the most disliked man in his police department, Detective Vic Ajax. Ajax isn't like the other cops. He doesn't like them and they don't like him. He hunts drug dealers and pedophiles.
Now, Frank will enter a world where being real police means laying so much of your soul on the line, you might not make it out. But as Vic explains, if it keeps a little girl from having to testify about what some monster did to her, it's worth it.

Together, they'll resort to any means necessary to take down the scumbags, even if it means employing the interrogative services of a man in a six-foot bunny costume called The Truth Rabbit.

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### Review

"Some of the repartee and scenes are LOL funny. The one where they go dumpster diving and have to wade through diaper feces was hysterical. Others are sad as we watch Vic succomb to alcohol. He's lost his kids in a divorce, most of his pay goes to child support and alimony, and he realizes the only time he really feels alive is when he's tricking a pedophile into confessing." (Goodreads)

"Ed McBain for the 21st Century." (Amazon)

"Step to the side, Joseph Wambaugh." (Amazon)

"Schaffer made cops real live, fragile and strong people. Post traumatic stress doesn't just plague those in the military but those who serve the public in many ways. I don't know if Mr. Schaffer was proselytizating or not but I read a lot of humanity between the lines." (Goodreads)

"The most subversive police book written since Serpico!" (Amazon)

"It reminds me of "The Wire" or "Chicago PD," in that it exposes the dark side of police work." (Goodreads)

"Books like this make me glad to be an insomniac." (Amazon)

"After reading that Bernard was the 'McBain of the 21st Century' I had to give this one a go.  I am glad that I did." (Amazon)

"Schaffer is the very best independent author I have ever read...with Superbia, Schaffer has taken his game to an entirely new level." (Hulegaardbooks.com)

### From the Author

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