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Inside Job: Deep Undercover as a Corporate Spy

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As a seasoned corporate investigator for Kroll Investigations,the world's premier investigative Agency, I have to say that KennethBucchi has done what no one else has ever seen fit to do with regardto this mysterious subject matter: he has written a case profile of an undercover corporate investigation that is neither didactic nor instructional in nature. Rather, he has written a story that feels like you're smack-dab in the middle of a corporate investigation.

After my wife read this book, she gave it to me and told me that it was the first time ever that she truly understood what my job was like, and for that I am very thankful. I believe Bucchi wrote "Inside Job" the way he did because, unlike all other authors on the subject, he was never a case manager nor an investigative executive; he writes from the perspective of the investigator and he has no allegiances to either his former employer or occupation. If I were to write a book such as this, it best be a doozy because I would no longer be able to make a living as an investigator, that's for sure. Although I have never encountered a case fraught with as much danger and as many hazards as this one, (which leads me to believe there was a smidgen of literary license involved), I have encountered all of the same ethical and moral dilemmas Mr. Bucchi struggled with during my career as an investigator. Who knows, maybe if I took as many brazen chances as Mr. Bucchi, my cases would be as wild as this one. Something tells me, though, that I'll never find out. In fact, that something just elbowed me and told me to turn out the light.

The next day on the job was always full of surprises. I could not put it down. A great and realistic read about the sweat and toil of the paper/lumber trade in Oregon. Bucchi goes undercover and you feel almost like you working next to him as he attempts to find the good and the bad within the organization's entry level employees; all the while trying to fit in and not stand out. Very ture and realistic in how the soical structures of the blue collar workforce operate within a given organization. You never know what your neighbor is doing or what they are involved in. A good read...

For someone who reads mostly romance novels, I was a bit skeptical about reading a book on undercover investigations. I had heard Mr. Bucchi on several radio interviews and his story sounded so fascinating that I decided it was time to read the book. I was hooked the moment I read the first page. Most books take a chapter or two before you really get into it but not this one, from the moment I opened the book to the time I had to force myself to put it down, I was totally caught up in the story. Mr. Bucchi does an excellent job of making you feel like you are right there with him the entire time. I strongly recommend this book to everyone, it is a fascinating story and I can't wait to read more from Mr. Bucchi!

I was given a tape yesterday of a Howard Stern segment which featured Mr. Bucchi and I was not surprised to hear a lot of wannabe Green Berets touting their expertise in a field they know absolutely nothing about. Personal experience tells me that Ken Bucchi does know of what he speaks. I was puzzled to hear General Antonio Manuel Noriega's name used in vein, as well. Mr. Bucchi did have contact with Mr. Noriega back in the mid-eighties and our government refused to release those files to Noriega's attorney, Frank Rubino. Regardless, the book he has written here--I have not yet finished reading it--is the only book I know of that has broached the subject of Undercover Corporate Investigations and, I must say, he has done a bang-up job. If you're involved in any type of criminal or otherwise inappropriate activity at work, I recommend you read this book before you commit another offence or something that might be misconstrued as an offence. If you don't, the next thing on your reading list could very well be a Miranda card.

If you think you've read or heard everything there is to hear or read about crime and criminals alike, think again. If you feel safe in your workplace, don't! If you feel you know your co-workers...not hardly. This book tells us that Orwell was an optimist. You are not safe in your workplace and if you don't believe me, ask the company that is spying on you or your co-worker who doubles as a corporate spy or a drug trafficker. If you want the same protection we afford our police or soldiers--yes, it's that serious--you should arm yourself with this book and a whole lot of mistrust.

I bought this book a couple months ago and never got around to reading it. After writing a review for MI6 and watching for it to be posted, I was reminded of this book by reading one of the reviews which referenced it. Well, let me tell you, I am so glad that Amazon has this interconnecting feature. "Inside Job" is a powerful and gritty read. I'm not sure what the reviewer who compared it to "James Bond" was thinking, but this story is literally the antithesis of all such stories. I plowed through it in two days and never once felt that I was anywhere but in a backbreaking mill or that I was viewing it through the eyes of anyone other than an investigator fraught with the type of weaknesses and frailties never to be confused with James Bond. I also wonder why anyone would pay $18 for a book and only read half of it. Such reviews always strike me as dubious, especially when they fail to mention anything specific about the book besides the title. I suppose a person like Mr. Bucchi has developed a lot of enemies through the years, not the least of which would be his former employ. And who knows, maybe they would be inclined to put it down after reading it only halfway...I know I would if I were them. Read this book...in its entirety...and you'll be very glad you did.

Mr. Bucchi is a talented writer and brings his personal experiences to life. Inside job is action packed and will keep your full attention until the last page. This is a must. Look forward to seeing much more from him.

This was the grittiest, rawest, most surreal experience I have had while reading true crime. It completely took me off guard as I was envisioning a book about working undercover in an office building or something. I felt like I'd met these people before and that these "characters" could be any of us or anyone we've worked with. But it was the sense that these corrupt, malicious, perilous events were happening just beneath the surface of our daily status quo that had me so riveted. I am very thankful to the reviewer who plugged this book on a review of another author's book...I can't wait to read his book about the work he did for the CIA.

An incredibly riveting, nail-biting story. I wonder how I missed this when it came out. I just happen to stumble across it and I'm sure glad I did. When's the movie coming out, I wonder? A great story from a tremendous story-teller.

I live in Medford, OR, where the story takes place. While it was entertaining to read a book where the story takes place in the city you live and you know and have been to the places he talks about, the rest of it doesn't seem very realistic.

If there were any gun battles in this city, it would have been in the news and it would have been a pretty big deal.

Even as I write this, I pulled out the book to check the date the story takes place. At that time was was working as a master control operator and cameraman for KTVL, one of the local news stations. I would have remembered if something like this took place. Instead I remember how the transmitter would overheat when they would do live newscasts from the Jackson County Fair.

The book itself is entertaining but take the story with a grain of salt.