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Rhode Island has always been a little off. Some trace it back to when it was the first state to vote on the Constitution and voted no. Others take it further than that when one of our early founders, and idol of mine, Governor Coddington wanted to have a Civil War with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This kind of off behavior has attracted many different criminals to Rhode Island as well as created a few. In Rhode Island Rogues, we will go over some of their histories. There will be no surprise that many mafia members will work their way throughout the chapters. It's always interesting to watch a "wannabe mafia" show on tv and say how it compares to events you may have actually experienced while living in Rhode Island. We also cannot ignore the role that dark Spirituality plays in Rhode Island. It is one of the reasons Rhode Island Ghost Tours attract so many visitors from other states. It's also one of the reasons that Rhode Island criminals are so creepy. Best of all, I did not only write about the criminals, I shared some things with them. Some of them have the same combination of mental illnesses I do so I can understand their thinking. My life in addiction, 21+ years sober now, and politics, I'll never be sober from that, has caused me to experience 34 arrests, 3 indictments, but thanks to great lawyers, only 8 convictions without ever having to snitch. I even ran my own refined cocaine product enterprise in Massachusetts for a little while, so yeah, I get where some of these folks are coming from. That makes it easier to make their behaviors relatable on an everyday basis.

In "Look Back, Don't Stare," Author Joyce Peacock Lawton gives an authentic account - filled with stories of hardship, life lessons, optimism and the power of humor - of her father's life. This engaging memoir recalls the life of James Peacock, who grew up in the 1940s in a tight-knit, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, neighborhood of working class families. Orphaned at a young age, Jim was passed around to relatives, who had emigrated with his father from Airdrie, Scotland, and who took turns caring for him. The author brings you, through her dad's stories, into the crowded streets and homes of Pawtucket to the unclaimed expanses of Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod in the 1950s, where a flat tire changed the course of Jim's life. Parts one and two of "Look Back, Don't Stare" chronicle Jim's life through his own eyes, transcribed through the stories he told his daughter over the years. Part three stories are the author's own. Jim's love of his family and his Scottish heritage, his knack for storytelling and his ever-present sense of humor shine through in these original and sometimes outrageous stories that never get old.