James Lilley is a former Marine and highly decorated 25-year veteran of the Howard County, Maryland Police Department. His awards include the department's Medal of Valor, four Bronze Stars, four Unit Citations and the Governor's Citation. Jim was selected as the 2008 Police.Writers.com Author of the Year and in 2013, his work Fatal Destiny, The Carjacking Murder of Dr. Pam Basu was chosen as the Police-Writers.com Book of the Year. Jim is a 9th Degree Black Belt in Shorin Ryu Karate and was the first American to be promoted to the Black Belt rank by Mr. Takeshi Miyagi. Details of his journey w...