Fascinating account of life on the front lines in the FBI by the "real-life Clarice Starling." For twenty-five years Candice DeLong was on the front lines of some of the FBI's most memorable and gripping cases. She has tailed terrorists, gone undercover as a gangster's moll, and was one of the agents chosen to carry out the manhunt for the Unabomber in Montana. She reveals the dangers and rewards of her career as a field profiler, one of the most fascinating and challenging branches in the Bureau. Now retired, Agent DeLong offers a "day-in-the-life" glimpse of her work. A remarkable account of courage and grace under fire, Special Agent offers a missing chapter to the annals of law enforcement literature and a dramatic and often funny portrait of an extraordinary woman who has dedicated her life to the crusade against crime. <