Art
Adkins has been in law enforcement for the last twenty-seven years and has worked as a police officer on the Ft. Lauderdale
Police Department and as a sergeant on the LAPD. He is currently a sergeant with the Gainesville Police Department. Art Adkins
has a BA in Liberal Studies and is the author of The Oasis Project.
According to the book description, Art Adkins’ “knowledge of police procedure is vast, and he
has woven these details into The Oasis Project.” The book description continues,
“Why were they murdered? Shirley Waterbury does not believe her family's death was accidental. Shirley knows her
father was too meticulous and too cautious and knew the sea too well to attempt to sail during an approaching hurricane.”