“WELL WORTH TWO READS! The writing style is strong, eloquent, articulate and one is pulled into the story from the first few lines. A well constructed, authentic, engrossing tale with clear demonstration of the author’s literary skills, research commitment and delightful use of the English language. Norman E. Edelen has displayed a unique style and congratulations on a great book. Look forward to the next one.” — John R. Nolan (Caboolture, QLD, AU)“GREAT BOOK...at times funny (very funny), other times sad and disturbing. Detailed and descriptive. Clearly the writer has an understanding of the police department politics and what it was (and probably still is) like for African-American police officers....I am looking forward to the sequel!” — Teri Elliot“GREAT BOOK! This book had so many great factors involved....I so enjoyed all the story telling of the characters and couldn’t wait to get to the next chapter. Very captivating and so many different emotions which made it very easy to relate to. The character descriptions were so vivid that I actually felt like I could see them. I can not wait until the sequel is done.” — Ramos“INFORMATIVE READ. I especially liked the way the males in the story were realistically characterized. Some of the paragraphs were sheer perfection in terms of developing word pictures and emotions. After a While You Wonder is a good title because the book opens up, in a quite subtle way, some of the underlying unrest that occurs in large metropolitan area.” — L. Bowman“A MASTERFUL WAY with words and a vivid telling of the angst that pervades the lives and careers of the black cop.” — Hilda Joyce“EXCELLENT READ. Very descriptive. Marvelous pastime entertainment.” — Cecelia Joseph-Grant“LOVE IT, cannot wait for the next book. This is LA deep! I actually fell in love with one of the characters!” — Veronica Rone Read the dramatic sequel, Tuesday After Next, now available. Publisher’s website: www.eloquentbooks.com/AfterAWhileYouWonder.html “They all rose and anxiously waited on Nate. He gulped down his scotch...that was to Mister Marquette Frye and Mister Rodney King, the great twentieth century liberators of black cops and other middle class spooks in L.A., at least.”“They laugh now at the absurdities, the indignities, the cruelties; and yes, perhaps the humor peculiar to policing people. They laugh, not because it was necessarily funny then, not because it’s funny now. Their easy tears that drip from joy are indistinguishable from their tears of past sorrows. Pent-up rivers of rage seep, then evaporate into unsettled tranquility. The teardrops that flow in the stream beds of their aging faces sting and soothe. At the corners of their mouths their tongues taste the bitterness of indelible wounds, and the sweetness of having this too survived. But there is no victory.” “‘Baby,’ Jake intoned, ‘there’s the uniform lady, the power lady, the authority lady, the grateful lady, the vindictive lady, the pleading lady, the scared lady, the lonely lady, the horny lady and the sluts. That’s ten but sometimes one can be two or more of the above. And don’t forget what Napoleon’s Josephine said about where y’all’s mind is.’”Former TV writer-producer and ex-L.A. cop, Norman E. Edelen’s debut novel is as insightful as it is enlightening; indeed, After A While You Wonder. Edelen continues the intrigue in the sequel, Tuesday After Next, his second novel in the trilogy.