En marzo de 1978, en la culminación de Operación Julie quince acusados, incluyendo doctores, químicos investigadores, un escritor y vendedores de drogas "profesionales" fueron sentenciados a un total combinado de ciento veinticuatro años de prisión. La Operación Julie es, hasta el momento, el punto de referencia para todas las operaciones encubiertas y entrenamiento británico. En 2011, la BBC dijo que esta operación policíaca única y masiva fue el comienzo de la guerra a las drogas. Stephen Bentley fue uno de cuatro detectives encubiertos que trabajó en la Operación Julie, una de las redadas contra las drogas más grandes en el mundo.
Junto con su compañero encubierto, infiltró a la banda que producía alrededor del 90 por ciento del LSD en el mundo y descubrió un complot para importar grandes cantidades de cocaína boliviana al Reino Unido. El bajo mundo conocía al autor como Steve Jackson. ¿Cómo logró infiltrar las dos pandillas con éxito? ¿Tuvo que tomar drogas, y de qué manera "vivir una mentira" lo afectó? Descubra las respuestas y penetre en la mente de Steve Jackson, detective encubierto.
"Una perspectiva desde adentro sobre el tráfico de drogas, escrito con encanto, inteligencia y a veces humor, por un hombre talentoso, calificado de manera única para contar la historia." -Extracto de una Revisión.
"No hay drama televisivo en donde los buenos tipos y los malos tipos se pueden identificar fácilmente y donde el crimen se resuelve en una hora de tiempo al aire. En la historia de la vida real de Operación Julie, las líneas que la definen no son tan claras y me encontré intriguido por la amistad que se desarrolló entre el Sr. Bentley y uno de los hombres que estaba investigando, preguntándome cómo resolvería esta difícil situación cuando el desenlace final llegara." -- Extracto de una Revisión.
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Höhe: 203 mm
Breite: 127 mm
Dicke: 24 mm
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979-8-227-60654-9 (9798227606549)
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Stephen Bentley is an award-winning author. Of his first true crime novel, UNDERCOVER, screenwriter and novelist, writer of 'Julie' BBC Drama, Rob Gittins, said, "The fascinating and extraordinary inside story from the man who was actually there."
Of his later fiction works, British crime author, Pat MacDonald said, "I knew when I read the author's first book 'Undercover: Operation Julie' although non-fiction that he could make the transition to writing fiction; I was right. He has an ease of language that lends itself to storytelling; he tells it as if he was there in the plot and why shouldn't he having been an undercover cop in the real world? Not that Steve Regan is meant to be him, but having the experience means he can do whatever he wants with his fictional characters, and they will always be believable."
Like some other authors, his life experience is broad and unconventional. He spent 30 years in the legal system, first as a detective for 15 years then as barrister plying his trade as "a wig for hire" in London and the English provinces. He was a pioneering undercover cop on Operation Julie and as a barrister defended in trials involving murder, rape, drug importation, other serious crimes and defended soldiers at courts-martial.
He worked in a warehouse. Rode a big motorbike as a London courier. He drove big articulated trucks and taught how to drive them. He also worked as a hospital porter twice. He drove chilled delivery vans in London in the 1990s to fund his law degree and bar school studies. He spent the last two years of his working life driving plant and operating heavy filtration machinery for Europe's largest water company. His work mates soon recognised his advocacy skills and elected him as their shop steward.
He has now written over twenty books. Two of them have been optioned and in development; one as a TV drama series, and one as a drama doc.
You can find Stephen at stephenbentley.info
His wife is a better person than him in all regards and is a source of support in his goal of entertaining readers. She has also made him a better person.
