Tracing the role of the informer through history, from the "fig babblers" of Ancient Greece to Britain's supergrasses of the 1970s, this book also explores the behaviour of the police and private detectives in infiltrating criminal enterprise. It examines the fine line between undercover agent and agent provocateur, in locations ranging from Ireland to America. The author's other books include "Gangland", "Nipper", "Bent Coppers" and "Mad Frank"
- ISBN10 0316875279
- ISBN13 9780316875271
- Publish Date 21 September 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 December 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little, Brown & Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 348
- Language English