Crossing All Lines' author Gene Warneke faithfully recreates the life and times of William (Bill) Schneid, ex-beat cop, special forces and ops operative, undercover agent, criminologist, and private investigator. Warneke gives us spine-tingling, sometimes humorous short stories that entertain but also expose the bigotry and unethical behaviors that permeate our domestic law enforcement agencies and special operations abroad.
The stories are sometimes shocking, twisted and hilarious. Together they tell how one man used the whetstones of bigotry to sharpen his wit and obliterate the many lines that he had to cross.
His innate intelligence and a keen sense of intuition helped him master and utilize the techniques necessary to be an effective undercover agent and investigator. A master of the art of disguise, observation and deduction, investigation and secrecy and weaponry and combat, he operated throughout the world. For decades, federal, state and local agencies used him in joint drug, firearm and national security task-forces.
During his decades-long career, this elusive and decorated national hero arrested over 3,000 criminals, secretly received federal agency Law Enforcement Medals of Honor and Valor. Now in his golden years, the California Association of Licensed Investigators has bestowed Schneid the coveted 2019 Investigator of the Year award, in part for uncovering the nation's largest-ever medical fraud scheme that swindled billions of dollars from the military's Tricare medical system.