Witness to the Truth

By Paul Lindsay

Book Overview

In 1992, FBI agent Paul Lindsay received commendation and a $600 incentive award from FBI director William Sessions for helping spearhead the capture of serial killer Benjamin Atkins. After writing this novel, Paul Lindsay -- a twenty-year veteran of the FBI -- became the victim of a vicious backlash. The Bureau threatened to fire Lindsay for insubordination, claiming he violated a company ban on accepting outside income. Was that the case? Or did Lindsay expose too much about an agency that likes to remain in the shadows? Special Agent Mike Devlin is an exception to the FBI rule book. But when one too many unorthodox arrests gets him wiretap duty, Devlin gets an explosive earful: a traitor in the ranks is selling out the FBI's informants to the Mob. Yet closer to home, a fellow agent's daughter has been kidnapped, and a serial killer is the prime suspect. Now Devlin must put his career and his life in the cross-hairs of the Mafia and a maniac. But he wouldn't have it any other way. From the Paperback edition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679411984
• ISBN13: 9780679411987
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Loved it

This book was enjoyable. Don't go into it thinking it is Shakespere it is not. It is a great action book that keeps you guessing....

Independent FBI agent takes on the world & the FBI.

Written by ex-FBI agent, this book follows a Detroit Irish FBI agent who searches for a serial killer and a leak inside the FBI, all the while battling an uncaring FBI bureaucracy, the Mafia, and various criminals. If you like detailed cops and robbers in a big town and the grim reality of fighting crime in spite of government red tape, you'll love this one.

A wonderfully witty and compelling read.

The most startling thing about this book for me was the superb dialouge.The wise cracking one-liners which often sound contrieved were in this case entirely real life.Paul Devlin has written a book which is nothing short of an unputdownable page-turner.I can't wait to read my next installment of Mike Devlin's escapades!

Highly entertaining! Leaves you wanting for more!

As a family, we always read aloud on long road trips. With this book, we had to "edit" words since we had younger kids on the trip. It was a great entertaining book....., so entertaining that we found ourselves wanting to be on the road! It was the best road trip we've ever had

You know it's the truth

Witness to the Truth, a glimpse of what the F.B.I. is really like, rings awfully true, especially to anyone with a smattering of understanding of our legal system's faults. Paul Lindsay has told a riveting story and drawn clear and cool characters without succumbing to the temptation to get too much into their innermost feelings. You understand the people well enough -- he doesn't have to tell you why they do what they do. There is no question that the F.B.I. is "exposed" here -- and you can see why this book, which shatters a lot of illusions -- could have cost Lindsay his job. It's a a great eye-opener and a great story.