The Arrival (2/2)
Some answers were provided by the Midland's Sunday tabloid; The Sunday Mercury, who exposed the "Crime Consultant" as an ex-armed robber, counterfeiter and smuggler; an "Ex-Public Enemy No.1", who was the author's father, despite the differing surname.
A Labour MP calling for the book to be banned from British prisons re-energised sales and publicity for the book, whilst at the same time, Officers from the Serious Organised Crime Agency's (SOCA) Operation Downpour scrutinised the book closely, considering it a work of "Apparent fiction" but "of significance" to their operation.
So just what was the true tale of the book and its author?
