There's Gold in them there Hills

About the Book

This book was written about a law enforcement officer and the trials and tribulations of several cases he worked in the area of northern California and southern Oregon. The names and places in this book have been changed to protect the innocent.

About the Author

Wayne Turner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1940 to a poor farm family. He remained there as he grew up and was educated in public schools. He lived with his siblings which were two brothers and two sisters. They were farmed out as a couple and four kids to do farm work, which included picking tomatoes, shoveling horse manure, filling grain bins, watering the animals, and other farm-type work. He, after getting into trouble with the law, the judge gave him a choice of entering the military or going to juvenile camp. He chose the first and signed up with the US Marine Corps at 17 years of age. After serving, Wayne pursued a career in communications and then in law enforcement. He was hired as a resident deputy sheriff in a small town in Northern California, where he received two awards as Law Enforcement Officer of the Year and Deputy of the Year. After retiring from law enforcement he became a Private Investigator and worked with a law firm also nestled in the hills of northern California. Wayne loved his country and the Corps. He was a Marine’s Marine. Wayne married his sweetheart from the Marines in 1961, they were married 48 years. They had two boys who excelled in sports which turned into careers for both.