Crooks 2

More Stories Behind the Headlines

Paul Williams

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• eBook ISBN:
  9781805465980
• Year: 2025

In this sequel to the explosive bestseller Crooks, Paul Williams reveals the inside stories behind more of his biggest scoops.

Beginning with a sex scandal that rocked the Catholic Church, Crooks 2 shows us the personal side of some of Williams' most notorious exposés, from the unmasking of one of the world's most infamous drug traffickers to thwarting a criminal's political ambitions, covering the longest gang war in Irish history and disclosing the greed of the nation's bankers with the Anglo Tapes.

For forty years Williams has shone a light where others dare not look, helping victims find their voices. In Crooks 2 he brings us inside the world of undercover operations, stings and stakeouts in the way that only he can.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Prologue: Grooming a New Generation
• Chapter One: Shooting the Messengers
• Chapter Two: Exposing the Church’s Dirty Secrets
• Chapter Three: Tracking Down the Pimpernel of International Organized Crime
• Chapter Four: Revealing ‘Mr Big’
• Chapter Five: Mikey Kelly – the Gangster Politician
• Chapter Six: Exposing Gangland’s Jimmy Savile
• Chapter Seven: The Accidental Hero and the Terror of Murder Inc.
• Chapter Eight: Murdering the Innocent, a Hero’s Stand and the Mob’s Downfall
• Chapter Nine: The Anglo Tapes and the Crime of the Century
• Chapter Ten: An Army Reservist, Training a Terrorist and Joining the Rangers
• Epilogue: Full Circle
• Acknowledgements
• Picture section