Joe Broadmeadow — JEBWizard Publishing
Stories forged in truth
Retired Police Captain. True Crime Author. Storyteller. Two decades on the street — now on the page.
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Crime fiction, true crime, young adult, and memoir — each book rooted in authentic experience.
East Providence PD (ret.)
Joe Broadmeadow
A retired police captain from East Providence, Rhode Island, Joe Broadmeadow spent over two decades in law enforcement — working organized crime, drug enforcement, and the FBI task force — before founding JEBWizard Publishing in 2019.
His novels aren't invented. They're distilled from years inside the system: the politics, the code, the courage, and the compromises. Whether he's writing gritty New England crime fiction, true crime collaborations, or award-winning young adult stories, every page carries the weight of authentic experience.
Praise for Joe's Work
"Broadmeadow writes with the authority of someone who lived every scene. The Josh Williams series is the most authentic police fiction I've read."
Amazon Reviewer — 5 Stars"Spirit of the Trail is a beautiful meditation on life, nature, and purpose. I couldn't put it down."
Goodreads Reviewer — 5 Stars"It's Just the Way It Was reads like the best true crime — because it IS true crime, told by someone who was actually there."
Reader Review — 5 StarsLatest Writing
Behind the Veil: Designing a Society Without Knowing Your Place in It
Joe Broadmeadow Imagine someone hands you the authority to build a society from nothing. You write the constitution. You set the tax rates, the…
Twenty-Five Years, and We Still Have Not Read the File
by Joe Broadmeadow (repost of Op-ed in Providence Journal 9/11/2026) Every investigation follows the same discipline. Establish what happened. Establish why. Build a record…
The Missing S
By Joe Broadmeadow Faith, family, freedom: Political slogan or roadmap to tyranny? Faith, Family, Freedom. Read it again and find what’s missing from all…
Stewards of Principle
by Joe Broadmeadow In 1964, seven Rhode Island police officers lost their jobs for saying out loud what everyone in the building already knew.…