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read and honest read on a person who was a professional informant This is a nonfiction book about a man named Kevin Maher, Kevin made some bad choices as a teenager and those bad choices ruined his dream of becoming a police officer, He therefore has to live his life with "mighthavebeens" and so close to his dream, If we lose one dream, should we not dream another

I think young people should read this book in order to see that an individual should grow up as a law abiding citizen.
We are human and we make mistakes but we must learn from those mistakes and the mistakes and examples of those who lived before us, We must be open to change because that is the only way we can become better human beings, For Kevin, the people who changed his life for the better, were officers Jim Doherty and Bobby Colaneri,
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COP AND KEVIN MAHER KEVIN DOESN'T HAVE A BADGE, AND HE DOESN'T PLAY BY THE RULES,

Cop Without a Badge tracks confidential informant Kevin Maher as he helps the NYPD, the FBI, and many other law enforcement agencies solve cases that range from robbery to extortion to homicide.
In the process, Kevin becomes the highest paid CI the DEA ever had,

But Kevin's motives are more complicated than simply money, Having been arrested for Grand Theft Auto at the age of sixteen, his felony conviction prevents him from being what he always wanted to be: a police officer.
So now he's out to prove to himself he truly is what he could've been, A cop. Even without a badge. "Beverly Merrill is a coke whore"!
I, of course, picked this book up after watching the Real Housewives of New Jersey, However, "Cop Without a Badge" is a very interesting and even humorous book by itself, Kipps keeps you gripped by the dangerous situations Kevin Maher finds himself in, These situations are so crazy and dangerous it makes you second guess whether it is actually a

work of nonfiction,
Kevin Maher's life is one that deserves an entire novel, and I was not disappointed reading it plus, it provided great ammunition for some drama on reality TV.
An interesting life, however I believe the subject suffers from not realizing that when everyone around you is an asshole, you might be one, too, Or that police used him and only respected him for what gains he could provide, not for who he was, Kevin is another example of how laws are overlooked when it benefits out corrupt justice system, Really, I only read the small section about Danielle from The Real Housewives, I was less impressed than I thought I'd be, It has the makings of a good story and the first chapter drew me in, But, after about pageit began to feel hamhanded in its approach and continual repetition of the theme Kevin Maher wanted to be a cop and used his position in the seedy underbelly of the tristate to do the right thing I know, I know I heard youtimes already and we're only a third of the way through the book! And, its constant attempt to paint Kevin in the best light possible sure some bad behavior is mentioned drug use, boys will be boys that kind of thing made it feel like there was more to the story than what was written.
I have requested this from the library because I am obsessed with The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Kidnapping, drugs, and Danielle I may skim the chapters that don't concern the housewife I love to hate, Cop Without A Badge

I enjoyed this book, Lots of insight into the world of a CI in the late's and early's, Very interesting read. Onlythings in this book are true name change and arrest, PAY ATTENTION PUH LEASE, First I need to say that I am a "Housewife" junkie and I wanted to read this book because of the reference on the New Jersey show,
That being said, this is a very good and fast read, I had trouble putting this down, It is a true story and I found myself being drawn to Kevin, the main character, He has lived quite the life and I hope maybe there will be a followup on his adventures, It's probably healthy to try to read a book every now again about someone you cannot relate to at all, so that's good!

I read this book for a Real Housewives book club.
Danielle appears for aboutpages/through the book, I am honestly SHOCKED that anyone from RH discovered this book and Danielle's connection to it, I'm interested to understand how production did it, I started this book two days ago, read halfway through in one night and then had to abandon it, The book follows a guy who was a teen criminal and becomes a police informant, He gets information out of the guys he went to jail with to commit them of crimes, . . all of the crimes being murders, I started to get quesy reading about the cases and then couldn't sleep last night! So I threw the book across the room, Interesting story of a confidential informant, Lots of fast cars, loose women and drugs but also a story of an unlucky kid who stole a car and eventually helped put a lot of criminals behind bars.
Lucky me! I noticed this book at a local church thrift store and purchased it for fifty cents, and I may have overpaid at that, If this book was supposed to be some sort of expose, the only thing it managed to expose was that Kevin Maher is a guy with lousy judgement who tosses decent women under the bus while he "loves" junkies and crack whores.
This "confidential informant" is nothing more than a sociopath who used anybody and everybody to get the money that would support his appetite for coke, fast cars, and loose women.
This book shows just how far our criminal justice system has fallen when it is forced to pay big bucks to creeps like Kevin in order to apprehend wrongdoers.
Maybe we should turn him loose in Congress, All I can say is that the world is in a sorry state, Whoever it was that said "crime doesn't pay" obviously never met Kevin Maher,

My advice is "Stick to The National Inquirer or The Star" for all the latest dirt, Their information is probably more factual than Kevin's fantasy and won't leave you feeling like you need a bath, A quick read with an unsatisfying ending, I read it for Beverly, It was a quick, interesting, and an easy read, but not incredibly well written, Pretty good Interesting book about being a paid informant for Law Enforcement, Kevin Maher lived on the edge for many years, but deep down all he ever wanted to do was be a cop, so being an informant was the closest way he could accomplish his dream.
Kevin went on one rollercoaster ride after another and you will feel that when you read this book, . . very entertaining read. Although I liked this book, I reserved it for the sole purpose of reading about Danielle, from the Real Housewives of New Jersey, There were only aboutpages in the book dedicated to Danielle, She definately was, as in the show, indicated in involvement with Kidnapping, Extorsion, Prostitution, and being involved with the Columbian Carelle, Not a bad read, but not something that is worth waiting months for from the library, I read this book only because if the controversy over it on the Real Housewives of New Jersey, It wasn't bad, but go figure they made a big deal over somebody discussed on maybe ten whole pages, This had been languishing on my Kindle for a while and I decided to pick it up since on this past week's episode of Real Housewives of New Jersey, Danielle's name change was brought up again, so I figured I was overdue to read the book that caused the table flip heard around the world.


The parts pertaining to Danielle, . . I'm sorry, Beverly are somewhat few and far between, but the rest of the book filled with Kevin Maher's tales of being a police informant were actually really interesting, I wasn't expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did, .