Untouchables : corruption, mis-management and cover-up at Scotland Yard

"Untouchables" is the investigation that the Metropolitan Police have tried to derail for the last four years.

It tells the shaming truth about the state of the Met over the past 20 years and explains why a growing body of opinion now believes the Met must break decisively with its troubled past - one where scandals are routinely covered up and large quantities of public funds are wasted.

Based on over 1000 interviews, work on this book has led the authors to influential lawyers, whistle-blowing detectives, police supergrasses and powerful criminals, some with a long track record of manipulating the Met, either by paying off bent coppers or by discrediting honest ones.

It is packed with revelations, including information on the swirl of corruption allegations surrounding the investigation of the #26m Brinks-Mat bullion robbery.

Turning to the racist killing of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, it reveals how the Met hierarchy withheld vital information from the public inquiry and stole a copy of the draft inquiry report ahead of publication to enable senior officers to manipulate the media.