Award-winning author and publisher
Stories forged in truth
Twenty years as a police officer, from the street to command of the Investigative Services Division and a federal task force. Now Joe Broadmeadow writes crime fiction, true crime, and stories for young readers with an investigator’s eye for evidence.
New in the Josh Williams series
Pieces of the Past
A decades-old crime refuses to stay buried. When human remains turn up at a long-abandoned construction site, Detective Lieutenant Josh Williams inherits a 1970s kidnapping that shattered a family and quietly vanished from the record.
What starts as a historical review becomes a live investigation, and every lead runs into politics, thin resources, and people who would rather the past stay closed.
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Find your next read
Josh Williams
Police procedurals rooted in East Providence.
Hawk Bennett
Courtroom fights with a Green Beret defense lawyer.
True Crime
The New England mob, told by those who were there.
Young Readers
Dragons, wizards, and picture books.
The author
Joe Broadmeadow
Joe Broadmeadow retired as a captain from the East Providence Police Department after twenty years of service, having commanded the Investigative Services Division and served on the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force with the FBI and DEA. Since founding JEBWizard Creative Media in 2019, he has written across crime fiction, the Josh Williams and Hawk Bennett series, along with co-authored true crime, YA fantasy, and literary fiction, bringing an investigator’s evidentiary eye to both his novels and his opinion writing. A 2014 Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, a grandfather, and a Cumberland High School graduate with deep roots in the town, he lives in Rhode Island, or wherever his travels take him.
What readers say
I have a feeling Broadmeadow is just getting started.
Linda Thompson, TheAuthorsShow.com, on Silenced Justice
His knowledge of police work and legal intricacies makes the plot develop very smoothly.
Goodreads reader review of Collision Course
From the desk
Latest writing
Essays, op-eds, and mind wanderings on justice, policing, and everything else.
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The Island of Trumpland (formerly Greenland)
Greenland Acres (Episode 1) (A Satirical Ballad, to the tune of the “Green Acres” theme) TRUMP: 🎵 Greenland is the place to be! Glacier…
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The Land at the Top of the Stairs
A bedtime adventure with Levi and Wyatt By Joe Broadmeadow (aka Grandfather) It was the kind of gray afternoon when the rain taps politely…
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An Armed Officer Is Still the Default Answer to a Crisis
When 988 Answers, but No One Can Come Rhode Island built an impressive front door for people in psychiatric crisis. Dial 988 and the…
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