Books published by Milo Books

The secret operation to plant informants in the world's biggest narcotics syndicates is revealed in new detail by a leader of the effort, in this insider account set to chime with the appeal of "McMafia" and "Narcos".

Jimmy the Weed is an underworld legend and this is the story of the key role he played in the Quality Street Gang, who were targeted for many years by the Manchester Police.

No youth cult has been so enduring, yet so misunderstood, as the Teddy Boys. They were maligned by a British Establishment that had no clue what they were about, and as the movement grew that scorn turned to fear. Teddy Boys tells of their roots, the music of jive and boogie artists, how the fashion became associated with violence and how the Teds fell into decline after the 1958 Notting Hill Riots.Their spirit was preserved by the Rockers of the 60s and through the rising popularity of rockabilly across Europe and beyond.

Teenage killings and gang violence seem to dominate the headlines. Across the nation, young lives are being lost or destroyed by knives and guns and communities are held in a grip of fear as rival crews fight for bloody supremacy. But how much do the public really know about Britain''s street gangs? Who are they, how do they operate and what leads them to pursue the lives they do? With first hand research among gang members, Young Guns chronicles the new generation of violent gangstas in towns and cities across the UK.

The true, inside story of the guns and drugs gang culture in Nottingham. Updated paperback edition.

The hidden history of London gangs from their earliest days up to 1960. Follows the success of "The Gangs Of Manchester" and "The Gangs Of Liverpool".

To the police he was public enemy number one. To drunken gangs of yobs intent on trouble, he was a nightmare come true. Steve Sinclair was the toughest doorman in the wildest resort in Britain - and if you crossed him, payback was swift and certain. The Blackpool Rock is a candid insight into the dangerous world of the modern doorman and the extreme methods he sometimes employs to defend himself and his customers - and to uphold his hard-won reputation.

They emerged from the harrowing slums of one of the world''s great cities, malnourished youths clad in bizarre fashions. The scuttlers were the `hoodies'' of their day, and for thirty years they held the streets of Manchester and Salford in a grip of fear. Gangs of Manchester traces the history of the scuttlers from the Rochdale Road War of 1870-1, through the antics of such infamous fighters as the Bellis brothers of Salford and John Hillier, the King of the Scuttlers, until the demise of the gangs at the turn of the century.

In the mid-1980s, a Chicago-style gang war erupted on the streets of one of Britain''s major cities that continues unabated to this day. Gangsters with automatic weaponry brought terror to the streets of Manchester. Investigative author Peter Walsh traces the inside story of the Manchester mobs and their bloody internecine feuding. He reveals how top villains took over the drug trade and nightclub security, leaving more than three dozen dead, and tells how a new gang culture evolved unlike anything seen before in the UK.

The man The Sun newspaper labelled |Britain''s most notorious soccer thug| returns with the second and final volume of the most hard-hitting terrace memoirs ever written. Taking up where Red Army General left off, he begins with Operation Mars, the massive undercover operation to trap United''s top boys and reveals the truth behind their headline-making Crown Court trial and their eventual acquittal. O''Neill notoriously put David Beckham in his place at Budapest airport and led United''s following around Europe in the historic Treble Season before he was finally caught.

Mickey Francis and his brothers led an army of Manchester City thugs on a 15-year trail of terror on the streets and football terraces of Britain. They fought scores of pitched battles with rival 'firms' until they were arrested by the police in the most successful undercover operation of its kind.

Study of the youth culture rooted in the late 70s, which is closely associated with football violence. Previous books such as "Guvnors" and "Soul Crew" on similar subjects, have done well. Uses first-person interviews. 16pp illus.