{"product_id":"thin-white-line-nick-greenslade-9781836800682","title":"Thin White Line","description":"**Winner of the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award 2021**\nA revelatory insider account of a global story that sent shockwaves through cricket which still reverberate – the spot-fixing scandal of 2010. Perfect for every cricket fan! \nBy Nick Greenslade, former deputy sport editor of The Times and The Sunday Times.\nThe scandal stunned the wider sporting world and confirmed the reputation of the News of the World's Mazher Mahmood as the most controversial news reporter of his generation.\nThis gripping and forensically researched book:\nTakes the reader through the twists and turns of those fateful days late one August and beyond\nShines a light on the tradecraft of the News of the World team and how they exposed the criminal scheming of the cricketers and their fixer Mazhar Majeed\nBrings you exclusive views and insights from the international cricketers, commentators, reporters, officials and lawyers involved\nReveals how deeply fixing had penetrated the Pakistan dressing room, and lifts the lid on the black arts of investigative reporting which would eventually prove Mahmood's undoing\nBenefits from exclusive access to previously unpublished News of the World documents\nDiscover how the spot-fixing scandal started a stunning chain of events that saw the News of the World shut down, Pakistan captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir banned and sent to prison and Mahmood himself put behind bars.","brand":"Pitch Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50766408843552,"sku":"9781836800682","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781836800682.jpg?v=1785180140","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/thin-white-line-nick-greenslade-9781836800682","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}