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Stephen Bentley

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Born

in Accrington, The United Kingdom

April 17

Website

https://www.stephenbentley.info

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Thriller, Memoir, Travel

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Ed McBain, Charles Bukowsi, James M Cain, Michael Connelly,

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Stephen is a former UK Detective Sergeant, undercover cop and barrister (trial attorney). Now a writer, author and occasional contributor to Huffington Post UK on undercover policing and mental health issues.

Stephen's memoir Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story was first published in September 2016 and rapidly became an Amazon UK #1 Best Seller in two categories. It has since topped the Amazon memoir charts on numerous occasions.

The book tells of his undercover role in infiltrating one of the world's largest ever drug rings. Readers say it reads more like fiction than a true story, but he assures you it's fact and not fiction.

Keeping in tune with the undercover theme, Stephen has now published three books in the Steve Regan Unde ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 806 ratings · 369 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Secret (Steve Regan Undercover Cop #0) 4.14 avg rating — 177 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story 4.06 avg rating — 233 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Among Us by Stephen Bentley (Goodreads Author), Greg Alldredge (Goodreads Author), Kelly Artieri (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mercy (Detective Matt Deal #1) 4.24 avg rating — 68 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mayhem (Detective Matt Deal #2) 4.59 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comfort Zone 4.37 avg rating — 43 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dilemma (Steve Regan Undercover Cop #2) 4.41 avg rating — 44 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Steve Regan Undercover Cop Thrillers Trilogy: Books 1 - 3 Box Set 4.63 avg rating — 30 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rivers of Blood (Steve Regan Undercover Cop #3) 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who The F*ck Am I? (Steve Regan Undercover Cop, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 49 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Book Review: The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler

This review follows hot on the heels of a recent post of mine about detectives, pulp fiction and authenticity. The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler My rating: 3 of 5 stars Overall, I liked it. It was worth reading if only for Chandler’s essay of the same title of this collection of short […]

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Stephen Bentley liked Bill's review of The Secret (Steve Regan Undercover Cop #0): "This is the origin story of undercover cop Steve Regan (pronounced Ray Gun, not Ree Gun!) Steven Hanrahan, tragically loses his wife and daughter, and after a year and three months mourning, goes undercover."
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Stephen Bentley liked fred jones's review of Death Among Us: "A superb set of short stories by various authors, murder mysteries of various types, there is not a bad one amongst them loved them all, in some the murderer is obvious some less so but all very well written. The two narrators do an excellent job bri" Read more of this review »
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Stephen Bentley liked fred jones's review of Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story: "This is fascinating account of Stephens part in Operation Julie, It shows the stress and danger of undercover work, the drink and drugs, his relationship with some of his superiors and the criminals he was sent to watch. I loved it, great down to ear" Read more of this review »
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Stephen Bentley liked Justin Bauer's review of Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story: "I was in need of some nonfiction research materials regarding undercover police work and illicit narcotic distribution, and Stephen Bentley delivers the goods in his book. It offers personal accounts of the happenings in his life on both sides of the" Read more of this review »
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Stephen’s Quotes

“Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.”
― John Le Carre

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“In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book. Below the line is how you do the job.”
― John le Carré, A Perfect Spy

tags: espionage-tools, spook-talk, spook-truth, spy-truth

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“I was gifted, am gifted. Sometimes I looked at my hands and realized that I could have been a great pianist or something. But what have my hands done? Scratched my balls, written checks, tied shoes, pushed toilet levers, etc. I have wasted my hands. And my mind.”
― Charles Bukowski

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