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The Infiltrators: The First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret UnitSnagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here! The Infiltrators: The First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit by: Phillip Etienne, Martin Maynard  List Price: £7.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £5.99 You Save: £2.00 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 364 EAN: 9780140292442 Edition: New Ed ISBN: 0140292446 Label: Penguin Manufacturer: Penguin Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: May 31, 2001 Publisher: Penguin Studio: Penguin Related Items:
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 Rating:  - unpickupable This was quite hard going initially, I picked it up - read a bit, put it down, picked it up, forgot what I'd already read, etc, etc. It just wasn't gripping, in spite of what other reviewers say. It's all been seen before and said before. The anecdotes belong to the days of 'The Professionals' or 'Z Cars' I think probably it was just too accurate an unvarnished reflection of how mundane and low life most undercover work must be. I was really having to wade my way through until the last couple of chapters got intense, interesting and very real. A catalogue of bungles from the West Mids police setting up a drugs bust-including, astonishingly, leaving 'Property of the West Mids Police' wrappers on the drugs cash to be used in the scam that forms the crescendo - and the end of the careers of the two undercover policemen telling their stories. Bungle after bungle leads to their near murder. It won't be winning the Nobel prize for literature, it's just a cobbled together collection of reminiscences from a couple of brave blokes who never imagined getting their limbs shattered was all part of a day's work. It's an unpretentious read about what the undercover life is really like and just how amateur and seat of the pants it all is. God help us.I sincerely hope they both got massive payoffs anyway, people doing those sorts of jobs deserve every penny. Rating:  - The InfiltratorsThe first page in this book caught my attention immediately. It's written in a manner that takes you straight into the officers heads, and it's hard not to feel the stress, panic and excitement that they feel no matter what side of the thought track you lie on. If you're looking for an over-the-top cops and robbers shoot-em-up don't get this book. However if you want an insight into the realities of how undercover work happens then you have to get this. I loved the fact that some of the roads and locations in London are ones that I know or have heard of, and this is what makes it real. Rating: - Great Holiday ReadI loved this book, just fast paced enough to keep you wanting more and just detailed enough to show that these guys really lived the stories that they're telling. I liked the way that the two threads slowly converged to the final climax and thought that Philip and Martin did a great job of entertaining and informing. Well done guys, for the book but mostly for the service that you gave to all of us. Rating: - Cops UncoveredThis is a great factual read. It tells the true story of brave London detectives who went undercover to bust organised criminal gangs. For more of the same see the terrific novels The Face and Two-Faced by Garry Bushell which cover similar ground in a fictional setting with buckets of humour Rating: - Top marksThis book in brilliant, it brings to life the experiences of the author and is also believable (which seems to be lacking in similar books of this genre where the authors claim to have done things which appear to be blatant embellishments to sell books!) My only criticism is that it is very difficult to put down and as such I got through it fairly quickly.  Try searching the Internet for "The Infiltrators: The First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit" or Ebay for "The Infiltrators: The First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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