In Search of Truth and Honor

Daring,dramatic, and at times shocking, Joanne Takasato's touching memoir, In Search of Truth and Honor: Reflections of an Undercover Journey Through the Dark Side of the Badge shares her poignant, bittersweet experience as the first female narcotics undercover police officer in the Honolulu Police Department in the 1980's. More than a simple historical narrative about being a woman who broke barriers and longstanding societal taboos, Takasato chronicals how her life and identity were slowly destroyed during her undercover assignment and how she survived with prayer, and eventually found the strength to continue through the new found friendships of outstanding law officers.