The biggest difference between my previous real FBI life working undercover and my post-career writing FBI fictional thrillers is simple—I can’t get shot or stabbed sitting at my kitchen table pecking away at computer keystrokes. Chuckle if you will, but it is the honest truth. After 30+ plus years of sticking my head in the…
Ghost: My Thirty Years as an FBI Undercover Agent by Michael McGowan & Ralph Pezzullo is the explosive memoir of an FBI field operative who has worked more undercover cases than anyone in history. The career-end autobiography seems to come in two flavors. The vanilla version is from the person who truly, intensely believes in the…
The Pretender: My Life Undercover for the FBI by Marc Ruskin is the definitive narrative of undercover ops―the procedures, the successes, the failures—and the changes in the culture of the new-era FBI. Of all the tools available to law enforcement, the living, breathing undercover operative remains the gold standard. This is true in TV shows and in the real…
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Left of Boom by Douglas Laux and Ralph Pezzullo recounts Laux's story, who, after the attacks on September 11, 2001, felt compelled to join the CIA, go deep undercover to infiltrate the terrorist organizations responsible, and take them down. On September 11, 2001, Doug Laux was a freshman in college, on the path to becoming…
Read this exclusive Q&A with Doug Laux, author of Left of Boom, and then make sure you're signed in and comment for a chance to win a copy of this harrowing tale of how a CIA case officer penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda! CE: What made you want to go into this line of work…
The Language of Secrets by Ausma Zehanat Khan follows Detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty as they investigate the murder of a friend who had been undercover in an Islamic terrorist cell that Rachel infiltrates herself to try and solve the case (Available February 2, 2016). Detective Esa Khattak heads up Canada's Community Policing Section,…
American Blood by Ben Sanders introduces Marshall Grade, an ex-NYPD officer living in witness protection and caught up in the disappearance of a local girl (available November 17, 2015). After a botched undercover operation, ex-NYPD officer Marshall Grade is living in witness protection in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Marshall's instructions are to keep a low…
As undisputed fans of all things dark, chaotic, and deadly, it seems like it's our duty to bring to your attention The Port of San Pedro, an upcoming television series created by Cleo Valente. The Port of San Pedro is a clear homage to the glory days of noir, from its black-and-white stylization to the…
After two years of waiting, here's our first look at the new Point Break trailer with less surfing, but more altitude and extreme skiing. Luke Bracey stars as Johnny Utah, the young FBI agent and extreme athlete sent to infiltrate a gang of daring criminals led by the charismatic Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez). If they've updated…
