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Within FBI field operative circles, groups of people known as “Special” by their titles alone, Michael R. McGowan is an outlier. Over the course of his career, McGowan has worked more than 50 undercover cases. In this extraordinary and unprecedented book, McGowan will take listeners through some of his biggest cases, from international drug busts to the Russian and Italian mobs to biker gangs and contract killers to corrupt unions and SWAT work. Ghost is an unparalleled view into how the FBI, through the courage of its undercover Special Agents, nails the bad guys.

Spanning 30 years from the mid 80’s ‘Secrets of a Taxi Driver’ is a collection of short true stories from Joe a former London Black Cab Driver. Joe started the knowledge initially to support a mate but being on the dole lost and depressed he got intrigued by the challenge and so Joe became a driver to try and reinvent himself and forget the past. Isolated frustrated and alone, his daily interactions fuel his fantasies and frequent confrontations push him into a whole new strange reality. Lost as he is, Joe tries to help his passengers find their way but who’s helping him find his way?

K.C. Smith, a man who is trained to handle any fiend in the Middle East, is also very fluent in all the Easternydialects and is familiar with the customs there. Everyday, he ventures out into the streets, while shrouded in the Middle Eastern garbs, in order to get the scoop on any foul play that might arise in these ancient cities full of mosques, bazaars, and oriental palaces. Smith will do whatever it takes to get all the information needed to bring down the local warlords, all in the name of the Ghost Corps.