Peter Bleksley - Gangbuster
Gangbuster
‘The most exciting book of the year’
The Sunday People - April 29th, 2001
‘A brilliant tale……must buy’
The Daily Mirror - April 20th 2002
Published in 2001, ‘Gangbuster’ is the amazing story of Peter’s life in the police. From his days as a uniform cop dodging petrol bombs in the Brixton riots of 1981, through to his selection as a detective and his life undercover, it pulls no punches and takes the reader into the real world of undercover policing.
The following excerpt perfectly demonstrates the pace, content and tone of this roller coaster read; ' I then gave the pre-arranged signal for the hidden police team to move in. I waited a few seconds and saw them swarming towards us from all directions. Hairy arsed coppers in black combat gear with Glock 9mm pistols descending from every which way. I was on my toes and away. Mr Mafia man never knew what hit him.'
Another segment tells how his informant was murdered; 'A two man hit team on a powerful motorbike took him out with merciless efficiency. He'd begged for his life after the first bullet sent him crashing to the ground. He offered the killers money to spare him-to no avail. His frantic wife, Debbie, ran out screaming for mercy for her dying husband, but they were clinical professionals and finished Norris off with a volley of shots to the head. It was a classic gangland hit.'
Now in its third reprint, this book continues to enthral readers as it lifts the lid on the real tactics deployed by Scotland Yard’s undercover unit, SO10. It also catalogues the high price that Peter paid for his devotion to his job.