Ian's memoirs "Private Eye, Secret Spy" available on amazon
Private Eye Secret Spy
The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Most Controversial PI
IAN Withers rewrote the book on what it means to be a private investigator. He traversed the world recovering
abducted children, gathered intelligence for left and right-wing regimes and was jailed over a British prime minister's bad bet.
Across sixty years he chased down fraudsters, bugged leaders of international coups and cracked open assassination plots.
He tracked the IRA’s Hyde Park bomber with a bluffed phone call, located Jeremy Thorpe’s illicit lover and worked with journalists
to break world exclusive scoops. And he put his life on the line in war-torn Vietnam, in the Palestinian West Bank and around
the globe to return snatched tug-of-love kids to desperate parents.
Now, for the first time, Britain’s most controversial agent-for-hire lifts the lid on an intense life in the darkest of shadows.
He tells of his years spying for left-wing socialist Seychelles and reactionary right-wing South Africa, his 2018 arrest
over a grisly execution, of uncovering cold-blooded murder. And he details his herculean battle with
London’s police - and the game-changing victory that followed.Gripping, illuminating and unflinching,
Private Eye, Secret Spy is the story of a genial yet steely English gentleman’s relentless journey to the top of his game.
Published 06 April 2021
Available on Amazon
