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Sex, Love & Cops: A Memoir of My Five Years as a Young Cop

Wendy Wilkins, Author's Republic

Sex, Love & Cops: A Memoir of My Five Years as a Young Cop

Audiobook (Author's Republic Feb. 6, 2019) , Unabridged

A memoir, following the true story of Wendy Wilkins as she joins the police force, a naive 20-year-old cop in Melbourne, Australia and discovers many firsts: her first arrest, murder, dead body, love, cop culture and a #metoo moment.... The good the bad and the ugly of life as a cop in Melbourne Australia in the late '80s/early '90s.

A fast-paced and entertaining listen with some wonderful characters who just happen to be real. A peek inside the gritty underbelly of Melbourne's police world, through the lens of a young female cop. Wendy navigates this new world, while falling in love and being sexually awakened herself.

Vignettes in the style of Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City novella.

I get lots of questions, like ‘A real cop? Did you carry a gun? Oh, but in Australia, not much happened there!’ Have you seen the Oscar-nominated movie, Animal Kingdom? I knew some of the real criminals portrayed in that movie, and knew the two young cops that were ambushed and killed. And yes, I carried a Smith and Wesson '38....” (Excerpt from interview with PresspassLA)