Don Collins is a former second generation NYPD investigator and private detective. He graduated from Valley Stream South High School and New York Institute of Technology. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War and served with the 716 Military Police Battalion and the 9th Infantry Division during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Don and his wife Cathy live in Seminole, Florida. They have four grown children and twelve grandchildren. STOLEN ASHES is the fifth book in a series known as "The Newberry Files." See the first four: OLD WATCHDOGS, DIAMOND DOGS, MURDER ON THE DUNES and FINAL PUNISHMENT.