The Badge of Honor novel series is a series of novels written by W.E.B. Griffin about the Philadelphia Police Department. Although the books were originally set in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the characters have only aged a few years (Matt Payne is still only 27), Book VIII, Final Justice, moves the story to the post-9/11 era.
- The books are:
- Book I, Men in Blue (MB)
- Book II, Special Operations (SO)
- Book III, The Victim (V)
- Book IV, The Witness (W)
- Book V, The Assassin (A)
- Book VI, The Murderers (M)
- Book VII, The Investigators (I)
- Book VIII, Final Justice (FJ)
- Book IX, The Traffickers
- Book X, The Vigilantes
Famous quotes containing the words badge and/or honor:
“Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman,—repose in energy.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“You are wonderful. I love and honor you.... [ellipsis in source] Lead your own life, attend to your charities, cultivate yourself, travel when you wish, bring up the children, run your house. I’ll give you all the freedom you wish and all the money I can but—leave me my business and politics.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)