Clif Edwards, Author

Heart Shots – The Shocking True Story of a Dark Day in the Michigan and Indiana State Police is an action-packed true crime thriller. Five police shoot-outs, each more bizarre than the previous, sprinkled with suspenseful interludes, make for a compelling book. Following the release of the original Heart Shots, new information was unearthed that would mandate a  Second Edition. Two more years in the making, the second edition is bigger, better, in large print for ease of reading, and draws an intriguing parallel to a pair of notorious criminals that terrorized a generation earlier. 

The story unfolds in 1957 when a WWII veteran, convicted sexual predator and parole absconder, picks up a hitchhiker in Maine, who is a drifter with no criminal record. Matched, they embark on an undetected nationwide crime spree; that is until an intuitive Michigan trooper begins to unmask their criminality. Shot three times and left for dead, this trooper is the first of nine heroes to emerge in the following ten hours.  

Blending investigative and narrative acumen in writing creative nonfiction, Heart Shots is much more than its headline, “Ten hours, nine heroes, five heart shots, three abductions, two widows, and one fatherless son.” As one reviewer wrote, "...You can't make this up. Put your hat and coat on, you're going on a ride."