![]() ![]() Pistone’s memoir is so exciting that it reads like great fiction. I remember wondering what would I do if I were in agent Pistone’s shoes and faced similar situations. This book was Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia: a True Story by an FBI Agent by Joseph D. When I was a young FBI agent I read a book that changed my whole perception of the FBI and undercover work. I’m happy to report that the case went well and we are happily married. FBI management was hesitant to allow us to work together because of the rigors and stress of working undercover 24/7, but finally agreed to the operation. ![]() This book is unusual because it is loosely based on an undercover mission that I worked with a male FBI partner, who was also my boyfriend at the time. Writing has become an addiction, so the third book in the Lexie Montgomery Series, Below The Radar, comes out August 13, 2019. Beyond The Cabin is set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, which happens to be my home. I wasn’t ready to say good-bye to my main character, so I wrote my second novel, Beyond The Cabin, which was released in August 2017. Behind The Mask is a work of fiction but is based on my personal experiences working as an undercover agent. This journal led me to write a series of books about a female FBI undercover agent. When working deep-cover investigations, an undercover agent lives as his or her alias 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and has very limited contact with family and friends.ĭuring my time in the undercover program, I kept a journal hidden in the ceiling panel of my undercover apartment that contained characters, events and feelings I was dealing with on a daily basis. I worked two long-term, deep-cover cases, one lasting four years and the other three years. During my 20 plus years as an FBI agent, I spent 13 years in the undercover program, working a wide variety of cases from drugs to domestic terrorism. As a 5’2” female, I didn’t fit the stereotype of an FBI agent, which made me the perfect choice for an undercover agent. I spent most of my early years reading The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries, so it wasn’t a big surprise when I became an FBI agent in 1995. Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction, available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold.I grew up in rural Kentucky, the daughter of the county sheriff. īuy me a coffee - Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email. He was an instructor at the FBI Undercover Certification School in Quantico, Virginia and also served an operational counselor for the FBI’s Undercover Safeguard Unit, evaluating undercover FBI personnel for operational and psychological readiness.Ĭheck out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. He successfully infiltrated Italian LCN and Russian Organized Crime groups, Mexican drug cartels, Outlaw Motorcycle gangs, contract murderers and corrupt public officials, all resulting in significant arrests, seizures, and lengthy incarcerations. Retired agent Michael McGowan reviews his memoir, Ghost – My Thirty Years as an FBI Undercover Agent, that recaps his experience working undercover against some of the most dangerous, sophisticated, and notorious criminal organizations and individuals throughout the world, participating in more than 50 FBI Undercover Operations.
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