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Leading Murder Investigations in a Man’s World,
She Broke the Glass Ceiling—With Handcuffs.
MODEL DETECTIVE: A True Story of Heels, Handcuffs and Homicides takes readers where true crime has never gone before-inside the heart, mind, and soul of a Chicago homicide detective whose grit and instincts prove that a woman's place is in the homicide division.
Sergeant Michele Wood, a 25-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, has spent nearly two decades in the Detective Division. With hundreds of arrests, and an extraordinary record of solving murders, she has led homicide teams while also appearing as a legal expert on ABC's 20/20 and other national true crime series.
In MODEL DETECTIVE, Wood takes readers through complex murder cases-revealing how she interprets evidence and uses her perspective as a woman to succeed in a male-dominated world. Wood's skills attest to her high success rate and stellar reputation on the force and explains why she's Chicago's (and probably the country's) only detective who previously worked as a flight attendant, moonlighted as a fitness-magazine model, and continues her on-air fame as a crime TV expert. From the story of her Chicago upbringing to the extraordinary perils of policing in Chicago, MODEL DETECTIVE is the raw inspiring, tale of courage, resilience and determination in America's most violent city.
Kudos for Michele Wood's MODEL DETECTIVE
"I'm not normally into true crime, but Model Detective was a fascinating read. Michele describes each crime scene like it was out of a movie, adding even more details like the scents and smells and how the moments felt. I was captivated!"
-Cole Walliser - Director and Content Creator
"Michele Wood spent her career doing what few can: sitting across from killers, breaking cases that others couldn't, and carrying the weight of the dead home with her, while the world saw only the surface. Sharp, honest, and darkly funny, Model Detective is a rare look at the realities of homicide work and the woman who lived it."
- Steph Watts - Executive Producer / Investigative Journalist / The True Crime OG
About Author Michele Wood
For 25 years, Sergeant Michele Wood has chased the truth through Chicago's most violent crimes. A homicide supervisor, FBI-certified hostage negotiator, and national true-crime expert. She's lived the cases most people only watch on television.
