I picked this book up at library booksale last weekend as it sounded interesting, but it was anything but interesting once I started reading it.The author has put together a series of stories from the Lakeside, CA (near San Diego) Police Senior citizens patrol. The first scene is that of a shooting in the local school. The narrator expresses disbelief that this could happen in her small town and from there the cliched phrases and writing just gets worse. The author obviously knows her police work as she explains the idioms, procedures, and facts. But the heart that should be in the story is never quite there. The writing is just too trite for the reader to care about the scenes/crimes/patrols the author discusses.Save your extra change and pass this one up.