Powder Wars: The Supergrass Who Brought Down Britain's Biggest Drug Dealers [Paperback]

Graham Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 2005

Gangster Paul Grimes was a one-man crimewave with a breathtaking capacity to steal. Any villains who got in his way were made to pay—often with their blood. But when his son died of a drug overdose, the old-school mobster swore revenge on the new generation of Liverpool-based heroin and cocaine dealers. Against all odds, he turned undercover informant.

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About the Author

Graham Johnson has been a Sunday Mirror journalist since 1996 and the paper's Investigations Editor since 1999. He has covered a wide range of stories, including drug dealing in Britain, people smuggling in Europe, child slavery in India and Pakistan, and war in the Balkans. He currently lives in London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (November 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840189258
• ISBN-13: 978-1840189254
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,265,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just Buy It ( A Real-Life Gangster Classic)., February 5, 2005

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This review is from: Powder Wars: The Supergrass who Brought Down Britain's Biggest Drug Dealers (Paperback)

This book is gripping from start to finish.It's not your typical Cockney gangster book with a picture of a meat head on the cover and it's not exagerated like the Kray Myths seem to be.It's a story of a well known Liverpool family who are into everything and it progresses into an unbelievable climax.The supergrass turns against the new breed of Liverpool gangsters because he lost his son to Heroin and decides to work with customs officers to put them all behind bars because they all started to sell Drugs.The twist comes when he finds out his other son is now into drug dealing with the very people he's trying to put behind bars which leaves him with the dilemma,does he shop his own son and risk him never speaking to him again or back off?If it wasn't true you may think it is far fetched,it would make a great film and is a must read,you wont want to put it down.The best book I've read in ages.