Don Spillane was born, raised, and educated on the South Coast of England. In the 1960s and 1970s he served as a young detective with London’s Scotland Yard working Jack the Ripper’s old territory, Whitechapel and Bethnal Green. While assisting in the investigation of murders, armed robberies, and other criminal activity, he benefitted from the experience of senior colleagues who arrested culprits for such crimes as the Great Train and Bank of America robberies. His backup was the Yard’s famed “Flying Squad” when he zeroed in for the final arrest of his career, a contract killer.
Don has lived in the U.S. for the past 40 years as a dual citizen. With his wife Carol and their beagle Lucy, he now lives in Huntington Beach, California where he’s worked as a partner, director, and executive vice-president in various local, national, and international companies.
Recently, he’s found a new and rewarding life writing and creating thrilling novels based on his first-hand encounters with the sordid and unsavory denizens of the
underworld. Join him in the exciting international world of courageous intelligence operatives combatting dangerous psychopaths and organized crime.
Don Spillane, Author