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Graeme McLagan (Author)

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Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: W&N; 1st Edition edition (9 Jun 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0297830937
ISBN-13: 978-0297830931
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.4 x 3.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 184,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Few journalists are better qualified to write on the subject of corruption inside the Metropolitan Police than Graeme McLagan.... Mr McLagan records thefacts of those cases with exemplary care ... it is a very engaging read.' Alasdair Palmer THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (29/6/03) Graeme McLagan wrote a story on the collapse of the Flying Squad trial in THE GUARDIAN (front page news) which also plugged the book. (28/6/03) Serial ran in THE GUARDIAN on Saturday 7 June, a full page in the news section. A news story on the book, and the formation of the 'ghost squad', ran in THE EVENING STANDARD on Tuesday 8th June. PRIVATE EYE ran a story on BENT COPPERS in its 'Books & Bookmen' section (13 June, 03) Graeme McLagan appeared on THE TODAY PROGRAMME (BBC Radio 4) in discussion with Ian Blair, the Deputy Commissioner of the Met, on Tuesday 8thJune. LBC Radio interviewed Graeme McLagan on Friday 13th June and he is appeared on the ROBERT ELMS show (BBC London Live) on Monday 23rd June. Graham McLagan did a 30 min interview on TALKSPORT Radio on Thursday 3rd July. The SIMON MAYO show (BBC Radio 5 Live) are interested in fixing up a discussion on bent coppers which will also tie-in with the current Coronation Street plot line with Curly & Emma, The Bill and the new series of The Vice.

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The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption within the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s

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2.0 out of 5 stars Repetitious, 19 Jan 2004

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This review is from: Bent Coppers: The inside story of Scotland Yard's battle against police corruption (Hardcover)

I found a lot of repetition in this book and self promotion of the author and his time on Panorama. Factually very good but the padding lets the book down.

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4.0 out of 5 stars NON FICTION, 28 April 2011

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IN DEPTH WITH PLENTY OF FACTUAL TALES. BIT HARD GOING AT TIMES BUT A BOOK TO BE RE-READ OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WELL WRITTEN.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A disgrace to investigative journalism, 23 Aug 2005

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What a PR puff-piece for Scotland Yard who just want to cover up all the crimes committed by CIB (now re-named the Directorate of Professional Standards). How on earth Graeme McLagan can call himself an investigative journalist is beyond me. He has been spoon-fed lies by Scotland Yard and like an idiot, he has just gone and published them without question. If you want to read a proper book by proper investigative journalists, then read 'The Untouchables' by Gillard and Flynn - the book Scotland Yard don't want you to read.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but is this the entire story...............
This book very much follows the official line, and what more do you expect from the high street publishers Weidenfeld & Nicolson, that the issue of police corruption is very much... Read more

Published on 24 Sep 2008 by Agent Ajax

2.0 out of 5 stars another cover up
This book is a good read....if you are a member of CIB 3....It has been written for them in an attempt to expose innocent policeman to cover their own corruption. Read more

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I have not yet read the book but was actually at school with one of the persons in this book (Dectetive Constable Kevin Garner)
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