Chuck Hustmyre spent 22 years in law enforcement and retired as a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). During his career he specialized in violent crime, narcotics, and fugitive investigations.

Chuck is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of the true crime books An Act of Kindness (Penguin/2007) and Killer with a Badge (Penguin/2004), and the novel House of the Rising Sun (Salvo Press/2004).

He has written hundreds of articles for publications such as The Washington Post, Court TV, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate, 225 magazine, Disaster News Network, New Orleans Magazine, American Health & Fitness, and Homeland Security Today.

Chuck is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel and has appeared on The O'Reilly Factor and The Lineup.

His article Blue on Blue: Murder, Madness, and Betrayal in the NOPD (New Orleans Magazine, February 2005) was selected for the 2006 edition of HarperCollins' annual nonfiction book Best American Crime Writing and was a finalist for the Press Club of New Orleans' Excellence in Journalism Award.

Chuck's article True Blue: Katrina and the Cops (New Orleans Magazine, March 2006) earned an award for investigative journalism from the Press Club of New Orleans.

Chuck Hustmyre lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He can be reached at chuck@chuckhustmyre.com.  

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An Act of Kindness: Genore Guillory was one of the most generous souls in her Louisiana community. And she would pay for it. Her shocking mutilation and murder revealed a festering, small-town evil that betrayed the promise of a good life spent in God's country. This book is available for purchase through Amazon.com

Read the first chapter of The House of the Rising Sun

Read a synopsis of Killer With a Badge: the shocking true story of a New Orleans cop who murdered three people--including a fellow police officer.

Read the press release. 

This book is available for purchase through Amazon.com