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A major new historical biography of the influential criminal spy and private eye Eugene Vidocq

About the Author

Previously a solicitor for twenty-five years, James Morton then worked as editor of Law Journal and Criminal Lawyer. He is now a full-time writer and author of the bestselling Gangland series.

Reviews

You really must read ... The First Detective: the extraordinary life and times of a career-criminal
*Sunday Times*

Morton has done Vidocq a service by removing him from his unfair tabloid image and giving him his due as an important social innovator
*Sunday Times*

Entertaining
*Sunday Telegraph*