Danielle Thiéry, best-selling detective novelist and former police commissioner, reveals the inner workings of a very special police unit: the BRI brigade de répression et d’intervention, nicknamed the Antigang.
The book covers the history of the unit, created in 1964, as well as the day-to-day life of its men. Numerous testimonials from field cops are included. A real plus is the collaboration of Michel Faury, the current head of the BRI, in this document.
The book also gives pride of place to a great and little-known cop, the founder of this unit: Commissaire le Mouël. The author also takes us into the shady bars of the capital, the shadowing, the informers, the stakeouts.
A great character also marked the BRI for 10 years: Commissaire Broussard
Danielle Thierry also looks back at the most high-profile cases: Mesrine, the hairpiece gang, which made the unit famous. A chapter is also devoted to the BAC.
The book is fascinating, and reads like a thriller in one go!
Danielle Thierry in collaboration with Michel Faury, BRI, Histoire d’une unité d’élite. Éditions Jacob-Duvernet. 20 euros. 196 pages.
In bookshops since June 6.
Julien Tissot
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