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The Tim Heale Podcasts S3 E157 Gary Edgington
Outside the Wire

A Novel of Murder Love and War

Outside the Wire is a new thriller by Gary Edgington, a retired counter-terrorism task force commander.

About the author:

Gary Edgington is a 30-year law enforcement veteran and is the son of a law enforcement officer who was tragically murdered in the line of duty in 1979. This event occurred while he was in the third week of Sheriff’s Academy training. Gary subsequently graduated with his class and began his law enforcement career.

Throughout his career, he has held assignments in counter-terrorism, major narcotics, intelligence, internal affairs, government corruption, uniformed field operations, and as a firearms and tactics instructor. As a California Department of Justice Special Agent, Gary served from 1999 to 2008 as a member of the Los Angeles FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. After 9/11, he was promoted to Task Force Commander and took command of a multi-agency counter-terrorism task force based in Los Angeles. He has also served at the National Counter Terrorism Center in Virginia and has completed counter-terrorism training from other agencies, including the FBI, CIA, US Army, and DIA.

In 2008, Gary deployed to Iraq as an embedded civilian anti-terrorism/organized crime advisor working counter-IED with the US Army, and also worked as a terrorism subject matter expert and analyst on the Guantanamo terrorist detainee cases. Additionally, he has served as a terrorism advisor and intelligence analyst with the Long Beach Police Department’s Office of Counterterrorism. Gary also held a staff assignment at US Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida.

Gary has been honored by California Attorney General, the US Attorney’s Office, and the FBI for his counter-terrorism and government corruption investigations. In addition, Gary has published three magazine articles for law enforcement and outdoor publications, and his feature script, the murder mystery “450 North Rexford,” was optioned by a Hollywood production company.

Gary is currently working on the sequel to Outside the Wire and is married to TV executive Lisa Kridos.

Website: https://garyedgingtonauthor.com

Contact: [e-mail]

Praise for Outside the Wire

“Gary Edgington’s counter-terrorism investigative experience, coupled with his hands-on involvement in Iraq as an embedded civilian law enforcement advisor for the U.S. military makes his writing all the more genuine and cutting edge.”

—Gregory D. Lee, US Army (Ret.) Chief Warrant Officer 5/CID Special Agent

“It’s been 19 years since I manned the AF field hospital at the Victory Base Complex and took incoming at Camp Sather. Before the end of the first chapter, Outside the Wire had me back in the fight. Awesome read and deadly accurate!”

—Stephen Bercsi, MD, Lieutenant Colonel USAF

“Outside the Wire is a great read—a riveting story told as fiction, or is it? Gary uses his own experience as an embedded advisor in Iraq to look at the conflict with the unique perspective of an experienced criminal/counter terrorism investigator and a highly skilled intelligence officer.”

—Wayne Rich, US Army (Ret.) Chief Warrant Officer 3, Joint Special Operations Command

“Edgington has mastered the gritty realism of Iraq: the good, the bad, and the ugly.”

—Aaron Michael Grant, Staff NCO, USMC (Ret.), Iraq war veteran and author of Taking Baghdad: Victory in Iraq with the US

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