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Dave Case spent thirty-one years with the Chicago Police Department. He’s a graduate of Northwestern’s Graduate School’s program for Creative Writing and of Northwestern’s Center for Public Safety’s School of Police Staff and Command, in which he is now an adjunct instructor. Dave serves as a commander with the Bridgeview Police Department.
Dave’s first western, Stand for the Dead, was released in July of 2024 by Thorndike Press Large Print, and trade paperback a month later by Genuis Book Publishing.
Out of Cabrini, came out in 2006 to rave reviews, and was rereleased in January 2024 by Genuis Book Publishing, with the sequel, Chicago Justice, scheduled to be out in June 2025.
Dave’s written and published numerous short stories, including, Mo ...more

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