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Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: Union Square Press
Category: EBooks
List Price: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 28024
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B0013Z6MQC
Publication Date: February 5, 2008
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Book Description
In this riveting page-turner, NBA referee, Bob Delaney, reveals for the first time the dangerous life he led before becoming one of basketballa€™s most respected officials. In 1973, he proudly joined the New Jersey State Troopers, only to walk away from his life and go undercover to infiltrate the Mob. For over three tension-filled years, he helped convict more than 30 members of the Genovese and Bruno crime families.
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 Enjoyable Book August 15, 2008
The book offers a mix of human interest, police how-to, mafia and sports and will entertain readers of various backgrounds. The storyline is excellent and very well written. Mr. Delaney is first class citizen. I don't care at all for basketball but liked learning about officiating a game and how he got into the field after his law enforcement career. "Covert" gets an 'A' from me.
Goob July 16, 2008
Entertaining read. His story is quite remarkable. You don't come across someone who has his life experiences very often. I would recommend this book very highly.
 A book you can't put down May 27, 2008
From the first pages, I just could not put this book down. The suspense in dealing with people who could turn on you any moment was thrilling. It is obvious that Bob Delaney is one of our true heroes in the fight against crime.
I highly recommend this book to those who like true real life thrillers.
Tim Berg.
 Covert May 24, 2008
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book stinks! Just another cop glorifying himself. Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob
What a story, told perfectly. May 19, 2008
This book is a must for anybody who enjoys Mafia stories, but inside is so much more.
Bob Delaney has a story to tell that few people can truly appreciate, let alone relate to. The detail in the tale of his undercover life is amazing, and Dave Scheiber brings the Jersey waterfront to life in front of you. We all know what today's high-tech world is like, where you can bug a man's house from top to bottom without the slightest clue, but imagine what it was like back in the 70s, when state of the art devices were still pretty sizeable tape recorders. Bob Delaney was undercover, surrounded by the Mafia, wearing wires and carrying tape recording devices that weren't exactly nano-technology.
Hearing his depiction of the events and his life before and after the experience is an incredible privilege, and I urge anybody to read this book.
Good journalism is nothing more than the art of telling a story. Bob Delaney had a one in a million story to tell, and Dave Scheiber told it to perfection.
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