Dear Reader,

Today marks my four-year anniversary as a full-time writer. On March 31, 2017, I retired as a supervisory special agent and became an author. Since that day, I have studied the craft and business of writing and learned my new trade. I have published fourteen essays, six nonfiction stories, two short stories, and one poem. I have also written books totaling over 600,000 words.

Black Rose Writing will publish my debut thriller, Furious: Sailing into Terror, on May 20, 2021. They will also publish my crime thriller, Unseen: Evil Lurks Among Us, on August 26, 2021. My literary agent has submitted my nonfiction book, Blood and Powder, to publishers. I have written four additional novels, which are in various stages of editing. I have also drafted several short stories and essays, which I’ll finish this year.

I want to thank my wife, family, friends, beta readers, literary agent, and publisher for their support. I write because I have stories I want to tell, and I’m eternally grateful people want to read them. Thanks for sticking with me. The best is yet to come!

Sincerely,

Jeffrey

I’m excited to announce “The Interrogation” is the #1 new release in Amazon’s 45-Minute Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Short Reads.

My short story, The Interrogation, is available on Amazon’s Kindle Store for $1.99 and free on Kindle Unlimited. I’d appreciate a good review if you enjoy it.

Hillsborough County Deputy Sheriff Alec Barnes begins his first day as a narcotics detective investigating the murders of two drug traffickers. Alec has dreamed of becoming a detective since childhood, and he is desperate to impress his senior partner, the legendary Detective Maricela Diaz. Hoping to prevent a drug war, Alec and Maricela interrogate and flip a member of a new opioid trafficking group, but it may be too late to stop the violence. Sometimes, what you don’t know can kill you.

I’m excited to announce my short story, “The Interrogation,” has been selected as a Quarterfinalist in Screencraft’s 2021 Cinematic Short Story Competition.

I wrote over 50,000 words in my new novel, “The Forever Game,” and completed the 2020 NaNoWriMo challenge. I hope to finish the first draft by the end of the month. Thanks to all my fellow writers who participated in this year’s challenge. Your camaraderie and support motivated me.

Tomorrow, I will begin a new project for National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write at least 50,000 words by the end of November. This will make my third NaNoWriMo in a row. My new Thriller is titled, “The Forever Game.”

Adam Locke quits DEA to care for his dying wife, and he becomes a security consultant at his brother’s artificial intelligence company. When his brother is murdered, Adam hunts the killer and discovers life-saving AI can also be deadly. It’s “Man on Fire” meets “Altered Carbon.”

I’m excited to announce my book contract with Black Rose Writing. I’m honored to write for this excellent publishing house and join their impressive stable of authors. My debut thriller, “Furious,” will launch on May 20, 2021.

Trapped on a storm-damaged yacht, a grieving woman must fight to survive when her husband transforms into a savage beast. It has been described as “The Shining” on a yacht.

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Law Enforcement Today

by Jeffrey James Higgins

Published June 26, 2020

Stop the Lying

Anti-police rhetoric is spreading across the country faster than the coronavirus, because disinformation about racist police shootings fuels its transmission.

Last month, the horrific murder of George Floyd ignited protests across the country, and despite the involved officers being charged and most Americans agreeing racism and police brutality are wrong, public outrage soon expanded to condemn all police. The shootings of Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Rayshard Brooks have become symbols of racist police killings, regardless of the facts. The false narrative surrounding police shootings has caused law enforcement officers to be demonized, assaulted, and murdered.

The data is clear: There is no epidemic of racist police officers shooting and killing black Americans.

While every life is valuable, the number of blacks unjustifiably shot and killed by police is microscopic. Numerous scientific studies have proven that when behavioral, demographic, and other contextual factors are controlled, the racial disparity in police shootings disappears. Despite these facts, politicians, activists, and the media continue to misrepresent the facts.

It’s time to stop the lying and set the record straight.

Continue reading “Higgins: Enough of the lying – just look at the data. There’s no epidemic of racist police officers killing black Americans.”

My thriller manuscript, Furious, was selected as a quarterfinalist in Screencraft’s 2019 Cinematic Book Competition.

“Trapped on a storm-damaged yacht, a grieving woman must fight to survive when rabies transforms her husband into a savage beast.”

Wish me luck and stay tuned.

I’ve signed with a new literary agent, Linda Langton, who will represent my nonfiction manuscript, Blood and Powder.

“Battling bureaucrats and terrorists, a special agent pushes DEA into war and makes the first narco-terrorism arrest—forever changing how terrorism is prosecuted.”

Langtons International Agency announced me as one of their new authors in their December newsletter. I look forward to working with Linda and her team.

Welcome to Our New Authors

Jeffrey James Higgins is a former reporter, a retired DEA supervisory special agent, and an expert in narco-terrorism. He has won many awards and has been featured and interviewed on CNN, Voice of America, USA Today, New York Times, Fox News, etc. Blood and Powder is a compelling true story that will take the reader into the dangerous underground world of narco-terrorism, revealing how the Taliban is still surviving in a post 9/11 world. Welcome, Jeffrey.

I completed the National Novel Writing Month challenge for my second year in a row. I finished November having written more than 75,000 words in my new novel, Shaking. I anticipate having the novel ready to submit in a few months. Stay tuned!