Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher [Paperback]

Charles Kipps (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 2009

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COP AND KEVIN MAHER? KEVIN DOESN'T HAVE A BADGE. AND HE DOESN'T PLAY BY THE RULES.

Cop Without a Badge tracks confidential informant Kevin Maher as he helps the NYPD, the FBI, and many other law enforcement agencies solve cases that range from robbery to extortion to homicide. In the process, Kevin becomes the highest paid CI the DEA ever had.

But Kevin's motives are more complicated than simply money. Having been arrested for Grand Theft Auto at the age of sixteen, his felony conviction prevents him from being what he always wanted to be: a police officer. So now he's out to prove to himself he truly is what he could've been. A cop. Even without a badge.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Kipps (Out of Focus) deftly labels Maher an "excitement junkie," and the aptness of that term is clear from the first paragraph of this high-speed bio. From a broken home, Maher early became addicted to fast cars, and at 17, driving a stolen car, he led police on a wild chase from the Bronx in New York City to the Catskills. For this he got a prison sentence of up to four years. After escape and re-incarceration, he had the good fortune to encounter detective Jim Doherty, who became a second father to him. He then built a career as a confidential informant for various police departments, the FBI and the DEA. His fascination with fast cars continuing, he met at a drag-racing strip the scion of one of Colombia's drug families and for several years was a serious cocaine addict whose habit wrecked his first two marriages and derailed his career as an informant. Eventually he conquered his addiction and now works for a security firm in New Jersey. From all the derring-do here emerges the portrait of a man who never grew up. First serial to Penthouse.
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Review

"Fast moving and entertaining, Cop Without A Badge presents an inside look at the intangible relationship between a police officer and a paid informant." --Robert Creighton, Former Police Commissioner, Suffolk County, New York

"A giant read in the tradition of true crime book, Cop Without A Badge sets the stage for an awesome cinematic experience." --Chris Noth

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Scribner (August 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439177112
• ISBN-13: 978-1439177112
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #261,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Screenwriter/Producer/Author Charles Kipps has won an Emmy, a Peabody, and an Edgar Award.

Kipps' film credits include Fat Albert, a feature film for Twentieth Century Fox co-written with Bill Cosby, and independent film Frame of Mind.

His television credits include Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (NBC), Little Bill (Nickelodeon), Fatherhood (Nickelodeon), The Cosby Mysteries (NBC), Columbo (ABC), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC).

His early career as a journalist, included a stint as Features Editor for Variety. He is the author of two non-fiction books, Out of Focus and Cop Without A Badge.

Kipps was awarded seven gold records writing and producing songs for artists such as Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, and former Temptation lead singer David Ruffin.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

115 of 128 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars this book is not about Danielle/Beverly, June 19, 2009

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claudia santana "beba" (nj) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher (Hardcover)

if you are buying this book to know about Beverly Staub role in the story, you can find excerpts of it on the internet. You dont need to spend a single dollar just to read the few parts of the book where she is being mention.

296 of 341 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Try "Cop without his facts straight", January 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher (Hardcover)

Just what kind of fact checking was actually done on this book anyway? Kevin Maher always has and always will be known as a snake and for anyone to take his word at face value is incomprehensible. Kevin, I hope you are reading this. A set of facts as simple as those surrounding the death of your father you have distorted to suit you and make you look like a superhero. Your father did NOT die 8/9/74 the day you were released from prision as your story so eloquently puts it, with you rushing to his side just a minute too late. Your father died Aug. 9 of 1977 of a heart attack on the subway. You would not take care of the burial arrangements so your uncle Ron had to purchase a plot in Fairview Cemetary in NJ to bury him where he rests today, left out the part about how you got your Uncle Patrick kicked off the force and had the nerve to show up for his wake. You always were and are, a slimeball. This book is a farce.

113 of 133 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Cop without a Badge, May 30, 2009

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Brescia "Brescia" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher (Hardcover)

This book was good, but not $189.00. good! Funny after people watched "Housewifes of New Jersey" and talked about one of the cast members being in it, the price shot up. Belive me it is not worth $189.00.