The Evil I Have Seen

04/29/2024

ON SALE NOW!
I've had success writing true crime – but my new novel, The Cop Reporter, is my first venture into writing romance and women's fiction.

Kat Coe is a driven newspaper reporter who is lucky professionally but unlucky in love. She leaves San Angelo, Texas for a new job in Abilene, determined to put her failed marriage behind her.

When Kat becomes embroiled in covering the salacious murder of a wealthy socialite, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the police detective working the case.

Detective Callahan is arrogant, quick-tempered, handsome, and exciting. And somehow, he becomes the man of Kat’s dreams.

Or is Callahan what nightmares are made of?

The Cop Reporter is on sale now wherever books are sold!

04/28/2024

WE WON!
Just got notified! The Evil I Have Seen won first place True Crime 2024, in the American Legacy Book Award Contest!
Congratulations Robbo!!

03/21/2023

For those who prefer audiobooks -- we've put The Evil I Have Seen now on a new service that distributes it to 40 retailers, including Spotify, Amazon, Apple, Chirp, Bam!, Walmart & Target, just to name a few. It's even available for checkout in libraries. And, we lowered the price! Mike Ziants did an awesome job of narrating Robbo's memoirs. If you haven't read it, hope you'll check it out. You can always listen to a 3-minute sample to make up your mind.

12/13/2022

Hey, everyone,
I need to clarify. Robbo does not have a new book out -- yet. We had a new cover made for the original book, after receiving the Reader's Favorite True Crime Award. The Kindle version is available now, but we are still waiting on the release of the new covers for the paperback and hardcover. I apologize for confusing some. -- PJ

12/10/2022

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Natchitoches, La.

12/08/2022

Thanks to all our readers! The Evil I Have Seen is ranked #42 in Biographies & Memoirs of Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing Persons on Amazon. Makes it a 'best seller' by definition!

12/04/2022

Finally! Our 2nd edition Kindle e-book is back on Amazon, in the Kindle bookstore. We have a new cover design-- since we won Reader's Favorite True Crime 2022. The new hardcover and paperback will be up soon. If you haven't tried it, hope you will check it out.

About The Book The Evil I Have Seen is a collection of true crime short stories from the memories and case files of well-known Louisiana lawman, retired Det. Lt. Robert (Robbo) Davidson. Six accounts are woven together from his memories, case files, court documents, and interviews with people actual...

10/12/2022

Hey everyone. We have taken our Kindle version of the Evil I Have Seen down temporarily from Amazon. A publishing glitch. It will be back up in a few days. Thanks for your support!

09/03/2022

We just got this today, First Place True Crime Non-Fiction in Reader's Favorite International Book Awards. Gold medal!

Also, this from book reviewer Anita Shukla along with notification of the book's gold medal award:

The Evil I have Seen by Robert Davidson is one of those books that
will live with readers and even haunt them for a long time. By his
own admission, Robert struggles with the evil that he had seen,
even today. Each crime story, though presented with hard facts and
pieces of evidence, is heavy with the author's emotions. The
audience watches as the author switches gears from presenting
facts and logic to reflecting on the victim's suffering, the culprit's
soulless act, the lifelong heartache of the victim's friends and
family, and the everlasting impact on the detective. The author's
words are filled with a contagious passion. When he says, "It's not
something we talk about -- people in law enforcement -- our
nightmares, our anxieties, our fears of making a wrong decision in a
split second," readers feel a palpable sense of dismay. Robert is an
authentic writer whose sentiments rise out of the pages and touch
the hearts of his readers. I highly recommend The Evil I have Seen
by Robert Davidson

09/02/2022

If you haven’t read The Evil I Have Seen, here’s a sample from the story Deadly Cocktail, based on a double murder/kidnapping and r**e case back in 1981.
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It was too early in the day to be so damned hot. I shifted my shoulders and rolled my neck, reactions to sweat sliding down my spine, dripping off my brow, stinging my eyes. The late-morning sun scorched my face and arms. When I stopped walking long enough to mop my forehead with my sleeve, I gave myself a talking-to.
“Tomorrow’s the Fourth of July, for crying out loud. What do you expect?”
Somewhere, people were packing picnic baskets and popping firecrackers. Celebrating. They were a long way from where I was—shin deep in a tangle of blackberry vines, saw briars, privet, and sumac filling the ditch of a lonesome logging road deep in the belly of the Big Woods.
Looking ahead, getting a lay of the land, a swarm of flies caught my eye, maybe a hundred-fifty feet ahead on the other side of the rutted red dirt road. I lifted my sunglasses and squinted. Beneath the swarm, I thought I saw something—something that did not belong. Rushing forward, forgetting the heat, humidity, and sun, as the hum grew louder and louder, I became certain I would find what I was looking for. Blow flies deposit their eggs in decaying flesh. They are as good as any cadaver dog.
Halting a few feet from the swirling, buzzing green flies, I saw her naked body half-hidden by thorny brush, flies, and ants crawling on her porcelain skin, feeding on her breasts, her shoulders, her neck, and face. Her face. He had not hurt her face. My God, she was—she had been—a pretty woman. Late twenties. Maybe early thirties. Tall. Slim. Voluptuous. She lay sprawled on her back, her eyes closed. That was a relief.
For whatever reason, it is a little easier when their eyes are closed.

This is the man who killed her. And her husband.