Thin White Lines - Hardcover

by ?john P. Sutton (Author)

The recollections of the exploits of an undercover federal narcotic agent working in many dangerous environments and role playing with extremely dangerous characters. The agent interacts with many characters, each a very interesting personality that is a story in itself. He negotiates undercover with former World Heavyweight Champion Charles "Sonny" Liston for the proposed purchase of cocaine and has an unpleasant encounter with movie actor John Wayne. The undercover agent works in a drug business where homicide, arson, mayhem, kidnapping, robbery, assaults and terrorism are tricks of the trade; where the wrong word, move or mere suspicion often erupts into violence.

Author Biography

The author is a graduate of California State University at Los Angeles, California with a Bachelor of Science and has a Master of Arts degree from Atlanta University. He was a Compton, California Police Officer for four years and a Special agent with the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for twenty-five years. He started his federal drug enforcement career on the tough streets of Los Angeles. Because of his investigative prowess, he was detailed to many DEA offices and escalated from the rank of street agent to a Senior Executive position with DEA.