Murder for hire : my life as the country's most successful undercover agent

Ballentine, Jack.

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Jack Ballentine became a Phoenix police officer in 1978 and quickly rose to become one of the world's most successful undercover operatives. His specialty: posing as a hit man. None of the people who hired him had any inkling that he was actually a cop, and he obtained 24 convictions out of 24 indictments on murder conspiracy charges. He worked with criminals of all sorts, from vengeful spouses and partners to the criminally insane, with one thin...

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ISBN:

9780312384524
0312384521

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xii, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

The other side of hell
Slaying the serpent
Love struck
Abandoned by the man
Kristie and the candy store
Gun for hire
Deadeye and the shark
Can't run fast enough
Four eyes are better than two
The karate kid
The inner circle
This was the one
Ma and Pa Kettle's revenge
Coming in from the outside
A massage to die for
The scar face chase
Just like a kid in a candy store
Lost in nightmares
Waiting a lifetime for you
Time for a change of scenery
Wayne's strange twisted world
Regrets? I have one
Finally, home again

LCCN:

2009007592

Control Number:

709768

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