Keep a gun under your pillow: life with an undercover officer in Northern Ireland

Susan Phoenix learned valuable lessons during her husband's clandestine career during the Troubles Susan Phoenix learned a lesson about living with an undercover police officer in Northern Ireland during the Troubles when she cleaned the family car. "Why did you make the car so bloody clean?" said her husband, Ian. "It looks lovely," she replied. "Lovely enough so that anyone can read the number plates. From now on they're to be left dirty. It makes it more difficult for potential murderers to i...