Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Best Selling Non-Fiction FBI Books

By Dominique Martin


AG Mans Journal-This is a title by Oliver Revell that was published in 1998. He is a former director who narrates real life experiences about his stay in the bureau. He focuses on cases that he handled as a supervisor or investigator to create one of the most interesting titles in the FBI Books category. The cases include the assassination of JFK, Iran hostage crisis, Ku Klux Klan and Watergate. It is interesting to read his personal conversations 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 was written by John and Joseph Trimbach. It is set in Pine Ridge and Wounded Knees where law enforcers have to deal with a lot of violence and crime. The author also gives prominence to the intimidation that surrounded the American Indian Movement.

Anatomy of Motive brings together a journalist and an agent charged with profiling criminals. Olshaker brings his journalistic skills to create an excellent narrative about the cases that Douglas has handled. It is interesting to read the minds of suspects and convicts in cases like children murders in Atlanta, shooting of 16 kids in Scotland and the Ted Kaczynski case.

Betrayal was authored by Jon Land and Robert Fitzpatrick. John gives the account of his rise from the slums to become one of the most lethal agent. He has to face one of the most notorious criminals. Unfortunately, within the ranks and file of the organization charged with fighting crime, there are corrupt agents working in cohort with politicians and administrators to keep the agents alive. They are ready to eliminate any agent they consider too 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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