Special Agent

De: Candice DeLong

Narrado por: Candice DeLong

A twenty-year veteran of the FBI, Candice DeLong worked on some of the toughest hig-stakes criminal investigations of our time. As a field profiler, DeLong collected evidence at the scene of the crime to creat a specific portrait of criminals via behavioral patterns, character traits, background, etc. Special Agent is her remarkable personal story-- of drama and danger on the front lines of law enforcement, of the art and science of criminal profiling, and of the challenge of maintaining courage, wise-cracking humor, and grace under fire.

Candice DeLong tailed terrorists and helped track the notorious Tylenol killer; she was one of three agents hand-picked to mastermind the Montana manhunt for the Unabomber; and she went undercover for major stings, sometimes in such exotic roles as a gangster's moll, and as a madam of a call-girl ringdubbed the "Candy Store." As Profiling Coordinator, she was Chicago's and until her recent retirement, San Francisco's link to the Bureau's legendary Behavioral Science Unit, spearheading investigations into the most recondite serial murders and sex crimes. Packed with fascinating details about her job, Special Agent reveals what life is like for a woman and for an agent on the front lines.©2001 Candice DeLong; (P)2001 Random House, Inc. Random House AudioBooks, A Divsion of Random House, Inc.

Love me some Candy! #badass

I thoroughly enjoy DeLong on Investigation Discovery and am subscribed to her podcast. Listening to this made me respect and love her even more.
When I began listening to her stories on ID, I thought she may have been playing it up for the cameras, especially with her quippy one liners. However, this book proved me wrong. Not only do her one liners appear unexpectedly, but at the perfect time!
She was also very much involved and instrumental in huge cases that are merely mentioned in the list of her credentials on ID. DeLong's experience in paving the way for women in the FBI prove her to be an expert in the fields of murder, mayhem, profiling, awareness, and, most interesting, undercover work.

enjoyable

Would you consider the audio edition of Special Agent to be better than the print version?

I really liked this book...read by author. Anyone who likes a insider look into the life of a police officer, esp a womans perspective

Very good!

I love the way she tells her story, she puts in perspective different angles, funny and sarcastic ones included. If you watch her shows on ID or listen to her podcast, you know what I'm talking about, huge fan here!

great book.

loved it & learned a lot.
hope others will take the opportunity to
learn what ive learned.

Candice DeLong Is A True Hero & Mentor For All

It's been a life long dream of mine to one day be able to hear Ms. DeLong speak live and hopefully have the honor to be able to meet and talk with her, especially about my experience & research in the area of psychopathy (for which I received a 2nd PhD for in 2020).

This was a fun book and wonderful to hear from someone, like myself, who had worked and for me me was going to graduate school for my 1st PhD, both in male dominated fields back in the years when women were first breaking into certain fields of study and work.

My only complaint? I wish it was longer! Lolol 😂 I truly appreciate and am very grateful for her hard work and dedication. I hope she does more books soon!

Enjoy! - Lady Anne