Tabloid Secrets : The Stories Behind the Headlines at the World's Most Famous Newspaper

In nearly twenty years at the top of the News of the World, Neville Thurlbeck – chief reporter, news editor and scoop-hunter extraordinaire – served up some of the most famous, memorable and astonishing headlines in the paper's existence. They lit up the world of tabloid journalism and featured names such as David Beckham, Fred and Rose West, Jeffrey Archer and Robin Cook, among many others. Along the way, Thurlbeck was drawn into encounters with Cabinet ministers, rent boys, sports stars, serial killers, drug lords and, on one occasion, a devil-worshipping police officer. He worked with MI5 and the National Criminal Intelligence Service, foiled a murder and gave Gordon Brown a tongue-lashing to remember, all in the name of journalism. Now, in Tabloid Secrets, he reveals for the first time the truth about how he broke the stories that thrilled, excited and shocked the nation, and secured the paper up to fifteen million readers every week. The result is a fascinating, scandalous, swashbuckling insight into some of the biggest and most sensational scoops by Fleet Street's most notorious reporter. Cover; Title Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1: THE EARLY YEARS; CHAPTER 2: TO THE HARROW OBSERVER; CHAPTER 3: TO FLEET STREET; CHAPTER 4: TO THE DAILY MIRROR; CHAPTER 5: TO THE TODAY NEWSPAPER: THE MIKE SAMS CASE; CHAPTER 6: FLEET STREET FUGITIVE; CHAPTER 7: A ROW WITH GORDON BROWN, AN UNDERCOVER CATASTROPHE AND MEETING ROSE WEST; CHAPTER 8: THE LOUGHINISLAND MASSACRE; CHAPTER 9: TO THE NEWS OF THE WORLD: COLIN STAGG AND THE RACHEL NICKELL MURDER; CHAPTER 10: THE CASE OF THE DEVILWORSHIPPING POLICEMAN; CHAPTER 11: THE ROBIN COOK AFFAIR; CHAPTER 12: THE JEFFREY ARCHER EXPOSÉ CHAPTER 13: RECRUITED BY THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICECHAPTER 14: MI5; CHAPTER 15: ON TRIAL; CHAPTER 16: NEWS EDITOR; CHAPTER 17: THE DAVID BECKHAM AFFAIR: TO AUSTRALIA; CHAPTER 18: THE DAVID BECKHAM AFFAIR: TO SPAIN AND REBECCA LOOS; CHAPTER 19: THE DAVID BECKHAM AFFAIR: THE DRAMATIC EXPOSÉ; CHAPTER 20: A MURDER FOILED; CHAPTER 21: THE MAX MOSLEY AFFAIR; CHAPTER 22: THE CHRIS HUHNE AFFAIR AND THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY; CHAPTER 23: THE FUTURE OF THE TABLOID PRESS; EPILOGUE: POST TENEBRAS LUX; Copyright; Advertisement.