No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels

a great read. enjoyed it beginning to end.

The author (and undercover ATF) builds a lot of credibility in this book by explaining (in details) the day to day realities of being part of the Hells Angels. He is obvioulsy a professional liar while undercover, but to his readers he is very honest with the mistakes he's made in his personal and professional career while undercover. Jay builds up the story really well only...more

The author (and undercover ATF) builds a lot of credibility in this book by explaining (in details) the day to day realities of being part of the Hells Angels. He is obvioulsy a professional liar while undercover, but to his readers he is very honest with the mistakes he's made in his personal and professional career while undercover. Jay builds up the story really well only to dissapoint a little with the ending.   hide

Insider view, undercover cop seduced by biker lifestyle, not much more to say. Sounds like the cops thought he had gone feral and pulled the plug, much to his disgust. Not convincing.

Couldn't wait to read this book...it is awesome...if you like true crime this is a must read. Takes you right inside the life of a Hell's Angel & an Under Cover Cop.

Wonderful book, my kids have gone to school with his son, and looking at there family you wouldn't have known such a dark secret was going on

Anticlimactic. Story could have been told in many fewer pages.

Jay Dobyn’s ‘No Angel’ chronicles the undercover exploits of Dobyn’s as he attempts to infiltrate the most infamous and storied Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (the first OMG) in the world, Hells Angels (one of the tid-bits you learn is that is indeed Hells, not Hell’s, because the assumption is that there is more than one hell depending on one’s circumstances…). As...more

Jay Dobyn’s ‘No Angel’ chronicles the undercover exploits of Dobyn’s as he attempts to infiltrate the most infamous and storied Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (the first OMG) in the world, Hells Angels (one of the tid-bits you learn is that is indeed Hells, not Hell’s, because the assumption is that there is more than one hell depending on one’s circumstances…). As Dobyn’s moves up the criminal food chain, from member of a Mexican unit to the precipice of becoming “patched” into the most storied biker gang in history, we witness the parallel devolution of his character, from tea-totaling, respectable family man to Jack swilling, pill-popping, tough-guy. In the process we gain insight to the racist, misogynistic, hyper-masculine world of the biker-gang. Dobyn’s is alternately dismayed and enthralled by the Angels, and the reader becomes increasingly disgusted with Dobyn’s as he loses himself to his doppelganger -- the thugged-out, tattoo-sleeved, pathological liar, Bird. While exposure to the norms of the biker-gang is somewhat interesting, 300 pages of strung-out meth-heads, toothless strippers, ego-maniacal ATF agents, and pitiful trailer-park conventions is not worth the investment. Jay Dobyn’s is no Donnie Brasco.   hide

Great insider's look into the life of the Hells Angels. It's particular interesting if you're from Phoenix as there are a lot of referenes to locations in the valley.

Nice look into the heart and soul of an undercover cop and the transformation that can occur.