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This true story of an ex-Marine who fought crime as an undercover cop, a narcotics agent, and finally a federal prosecutor spans a decade of crime fighting and narrow escapes. Charlie Spillers dealt with a remarkable variety of career criminals, including heroin traffickers, safecrackers, burglars, auto thieves, and members of Mafia and Mexican drug smuggling operations. In this riveting tale, the author recounts fascinating experiences and the creative methods he used to succeed and survive in a difficult and sometimes extremely dangerous underworld life.As a young officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department, ex-Marine Charlie Spillers first went undercover to infiltrate criminal groups to gather intelligence. Working alone and often unarmed, he constantly attempted to walk the thin line between triumph and disaster.
About the Author
Ex-Marine Charlie Spillers, a former agent, federal prosecutor and Justice Attaché for Iraq, is the author of "Confessions of An Undercover Agent" and "Whirlwind: A Frank Marsh Novel." In "Confessions" he described his harrowing experiences during a decade of undercover crime fighting and narrow escapes. Playing different roles and adopting multiple identities, he infiltrated burglary and safe-cracking rings, drug trafficking groups, Dixie Mafia auto-theft rings, Mafia and Mexican-linked drug smuggling operations, and fought police corruption. He capped off a unique career by becoming a career federal prosecutor. As a Department of Justice attorney, he volunteered and served three tours in Iraq. First as an attorney-adviser to the Iraqi court that tried Saddam Hussein and other regime leaders. He then served as the U.S Dept of Justice Attaché for Iraq. His work related to Iraq was recognized by the FBI Director, the U.S. Deputy Attorney General, the British Ambassador and Britain's Minister of State for the Armed Forces. Amazon recognized Confessions as "the #1 New Release" nationwide in law enforcement memoirs. The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters nominated Confessions for the 2016 Best Nonfiction Book Award, several bookstores chose it as one of the best books of the year, and it was consistently one of the weekly top 10 bestselling books in the state. "Well-written and fast-paced, . . .Spillers tells his exciting story with style, grace, wit, introspection, and compassion. While the book details the often ruthless criminals and the crimes that Spillers encountered, he neither panders to his readers, nor glamorizes the criminal life. . . . The book will appeal to a wide audience, especially those who like true crime stories . . . ." MS Library Association review.
