Phil Kerby  Glenn Garvin

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Synopsis
A top FBI field commander talks about the most horrible criminals he has encountered during his 26 years of service.

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Walk in the shoes of an actual FBI agent as he does battle with society's dark side. Whether busting America's biggest pimp, nailing a top mafia street boss, or working against the clock to hunt down would-be bombers, it's all in a day's work for highly decorated FBI agent Phil Kerby. As both street agent and field commander, Kerby has worked every type of criminal case. A leading investigator on high-profile cases involving the Michigan militia movement, bank robbery, and even the Oklahoma City bombing, this FBI agent has been in the thick of it all. Now Kerby reveals the glory and the pain of a life lived face-to-face with society's crooks, outlaws, and killers. Phil Kerby takes us into intense hostage negotiations, frustrating manhunts, and the heat of dangerous gunplay.

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A retired FBI field commander reports on his quarter-century with the bureau. Kerby joined the FBI in 1969 and was delighted by the princely salary of $11,626 and the opportunity to serve justice. He romanticizes the good old days to a certain extent. But he was a committed G-man, and devoted his life to solving bank robberies and busting up prostitution ringsþcrimes he thinks seem too small-time for FBI agents today. His early days at the Albany bureau were marked by several errors, such as the time he and a few other agents stopped a bank robbery by forming a circle around the would-be thieves and pointing their gunsþthey would have ended up shooting one another. These days, writes Kerby, agents form an L around a suspect. Kerby is still incensed about Dog Ferguson, a big-shot pimp who liked to revisit his high school in Columbus, Ohio, with his best-looking girls draped on his arms. It drove Kerby to distraction that other agents let the pimp be, and he made catching the slippery Dog his top priority. Kerby's instincts were correct. Dog had contacts across the continent and was discovered to be among the most powerful pimps in the country. Dog also had many Ohio State University coeds on his payroll. Just days after one of his retired girls was seen talking to Kerby, she had a mysterious and fatal fall down her stairs. One of Kerby's sweetest moments was watching Dog go to jail. While short on the blockbuster crime-busting of other FBI memoirs, this book is full of intriguing detailsþlike the undercover agent who developed such a craving for bologna that he gained 60 pounds while on assignmentþthat bring the FBI to life. An intelligent and welcome addition toa somewhat overloaded shelf.
 

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