lundi 20 octobre 2014

Best Selling Non-Fiction FBI Books

By Dominique Martin


A-G Mans Journal is a real life narrative of Revell Oliver. He rose through the ranks to investigate and supervise some of the most prominent cases in history. They include Ku Klux Klan, Watergate, Iran hostage crisis and the assassination of JF Kennedy, among others. The real life of an agent handling such prominent cases is bound to move any title to the top of FBI books. An interesting part of this book is the personal talk he has with Edgar Hoover.

The Guide to Identifying Terrorists Through Body Language-The book is a combined effort by Dr. Lillian, Phd and Vincent Sullivan. Lillian is a language expert while Vincent has practical knowledge on terrorism since he is an agent. They offer real life scenarios and case studies in an effort to assist ordinary persons and agents to identify the criminals with ease.

ABCs of Behavioral Forensics focuses on the psychological motivation behind the crimes conducted by very nice or extremely rich fellows. It is put together by Ramamoorti Sridhar, Joseph Koletar and Kelly Pope. This is an attempt to explain or understand what the masterminds of the collapse in Wall Street or the Madoff scandal were thinking. It is an incredible title for anyone interested in dealing with fraud.

Agent Bishop, The True Stories from an FBI Agent tells the story of Mike MCPheters who achieved all he wanted in life when he was recruited into the FBI. He, however, had another calling to become a bishop of Christ of Latter Days Church. He now has to fight crime from two fronts, using the pistol and the bible in different hands. He chooses to present the narrative in a very humorous and easy way.

American Indian Mafia is the work of Joseph and John Trimbach. It carries the tales of law enforcers at Wounded Knees and Pine Ridge. The authors give a first hand account of intimidation of American Indian Movement and the violence that characterizes work in law enforcement.

Anatomy of Motive is the brainchild of journalism and the work of an agent experienced in criminal profiling. Douglas has profiled criminals for years while Olshaker has been writing about crime. They seek to explain the chain of thoughts that leads the criminals to shed blood. The cases discussed include Ted Kaczynski, 16 children murdered in Scotland and murders of children in Atlanta.

Betrayal gives an account of a cop determined to fight crime yet the obstacles lie within the ranks of the bureau. His determination can be seen from his rise off the slums to become a lethal agent. Jon Land and Robert Fitzpatrick tell of how politicians and senior ranking administers within and outside the force determine the end of an investigation. It gets tricky when a hardworking agent is regarded as nosy.

Between Heaven and Hell was released in 2012 and is penned by Larry Welch who headed the Kansas bureau. It is a first hand account of the events leading to the capture of wanted criminals. He also details the assignment dealing with bank robberies, cattle rustling, homicides and serial killing. Other titles include Bribery and Corruption Casebook written by Joseph Wells and Laura Hymes, Bullet Bombs and Fast Talk by James Booting and Dancing with Devils by Robert Emerson.




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