Book about a Liverpool gangster?

[moschops77]

My boyfriend began reading a book the other month and enjoyed what he read but now he can't remember the title. He says it's about a Liverpudlian gangsterg and he thought it was by John Grisham but I've looked at every John Grisham book I can find on Amazon and none seem to be about a Liverpudlian gangster... I know this is a long shot but I don't suppose anyone has any idea what book he may have read?!

[garybfsl]

Unless Liverpool moved to the Mississippi delta I do not think Grisham would write much about UK crime.

Is it this.

COCKY
ISBN: 0-95308-477-9
FORMAT: Paperback
EXTENT: 332pp
ILLUSTRATED: 8pp of b/w photographs

Shortlisted for the Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

Curtis Warren is an underworld legend, the Liverpool scally who took the methods of the street-corner drug pusher and elevated them to an art form. He forged direct links with the cocaine cartels of Colombia, the heroin godfathers of Turkey, the cannabis cultivators of Morocco and the Ecstasy manufacturers of Holland and Eastern Europe. His drugs went around the world, from the clubs of Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin to the golden beaches of Sydney.

His underlings called him the Cocky Watchman. His pursuers called him Target One.

This best-selling biography uncovers his meteoric rise from Toxteth mugger to �the richest and most successful British criminal who has ever been caught.� It relates how the Liverpool mafia became the UK�s foremost drug importers; tells how Warren survived gang warfare and how he corrupted top-level police officers; unveils the inside story of the biggest UK law enforcement operation ever undertaken; and reveals the explosive contents of the covert wiretaps that brought his global empire crashing down.

Thoroughly revised and updated, Cocky is a shocking insight into organised crime and an important investigation into the workings of the international drugs trade.

[moschops77]

Thank you you're a star! I showed the book you suggested to my bloke on Amazon and he recgnised the book listed underneath Cocky called Powder Wars! Thanks again, I've been looking for about 2 weeks and not found anything that he recognised, but found it now thanks to you! :) :)

[cancross]

Could be Outlaws by Kevin Sampson.

[Pipdorset]

If you're interested in Liverpool crime, have you read the book "Spike Island" by James McClure? Absolutely brilliant piece of work and, for my money, arguably the best book on British policing in the 20th century. Been out of print a while but sure you'll get it on Amazon or abebooks.co.uk