Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ride around with the police, witnessing their every call? That s exactly what Ride Along invites the reader to do. Set in the mid-seventies, Ride Along is a police procedural mystery. Kathy Cooper, while serving on a grand jury, has the opportunity to learn what street-level police work is really like when she rides along with on-duty Houston Police officers. She asks to see police work without sanitation or censorship. From kidnaping hostage cases to secret meetings with snitches, Kathy doesn t want to be left out of anything. She loves every minute of it and to her surprise discovers she wants to be a cop. But, can she overcome her husband s objections, being past the Houston Police Departments maximum age limit and being indicted, arrested and tried for murder? A rich story, chocked full of facts and alive with colorful characters, Ride Along is gripping from start to finish.