Book description
Jaw-dropping insider's revelations from the world's number one
investigative journalist.
Meeting a supermodel who secretly doubles up as the world's most
expensive hooker, encountering a doctor who wants to murder his
mistress, coming face to face with famous celebrities dealing cocaine,
or enjoying a cosy dinner with members of the Royal family.
It's all in a day's work for the world's best known investigative
reporter, the News of the World's Mazher Mahmood. A Who's Who of the
rich and famous have fallen prey to his disguise as the Fake Sheik.
Confessions of a Fake Sheik reveals for the first time the full story
behind these amazing stories, the story of a lifetime in and out of the
Arab robes - exposing corrupt officials, drug dealers, paedophiles,
people traffickers and Islamic terrorists. Sometimes humorous, often
frightening but always sensational, this is a gripping account of a life
behind the headlines.
A long list of politicians, celebrities, officials and footballers have
blamed the Fake Sheik for their downfall. He is also the scourge of the
criminal world with his work having led to more than 230 convictions. A
Russian mafia boss has put a £30,000 price-tag on his head.
Now in, his sensational book, the man dubbed "the King of the
Sting" details his methods as well as the secret deals that led to
several stories being toned down to save careers and marriages. He also
exposes celebrities and politicians who until now thought they had got
away with it. "This is an appalling piece of journalism."
Her Majesty The Queen, referring to the "Sophiegate" exposé
"Thanks for my underpants. It's a fair cop and I suppose it's a
great honour to be exposed by the most famous journalist in Britain."
James Nesbitt
“Explosive stuff'.”
Four star review in London Lite The Fake Sheik, a. k.a. Mazher
Mahmood, is an award-winning investigative journalist who was born in
Birmingham in 1963. His parents were both journalists from Pakistan who
settled in Britain in 1960. Maz has worked for the Sunday People, The
Sunday Times and TV-AM, where he was a producer on the David Frost
programme for three years. He joined the News of the World in 1991.
Since then he has exposed endless paedophiles, drug dealers, arms
dealers, immigration rackets, corrupt politicians, errant Royals and
celebrities. Dodgy doctors, solicitors, pimps, judges, bent cops and
even murderers have fallen prey to his classic stings.
