No Angel is broken up into four different parts each describing the events that occurred in the Black Biscuit operation. Not just describing different events that led up to the end, each section shows the deteriorating mind of Jay to his alter ego Bird.
The first part only includes chapter one. In this part, we see a foreshadow into the future of the operation and gets hints of what is to come from it.
The second part contains chapters two through six. This part is the beginning of the law enforcement career and the start of the Black Biscuit operation. We learn about Jay’s life before he started with the ATF. HE was a successful wide out in football in his high school and college years but when he went to get into the NFL he learned that
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he was not fast enough, therefore turning to law enforcement. On his first arrest warrant he was shot and almost killed by a man named Brent Provestgaard. After recovering he began his career in undercover work. Jay then began to buy weapons in Bullhead, Arizona. He continued to purchase more fire arms then when the time came he and the people who he was buying from went on a motorcycle run to the prison surround by numerous outlaw motorcycle gangs. When the run was over he went to a bar where after some time the Mongols and the Hells Angels attacked each other leaving one Mongol dead and two Hells Angels dead. When Jay was done with leave visiting his family he was contacted by a man named Joseph “Slats” Slatalla. Slats was impressed with the work Jay was doing and invited him to go after the Hells Angels full time. The task force was put together and Jay met their CI who knew numerous members of the Hells Angels. This part shows Jay in a stable mindset and is important because it shows various background information needed to understand the plot and how the operation Black Biscuit came to be. Part three is a collection of chapters seven through thirty-three.
This part contains the meat of the operation and shows the most significant shift from Jay to his alter ego Bird. This part starts with prepping to make sure that their motorcycle club the Solo Angels is legitimate by both their host club and the Angels themselves, it also includes a ride to a bike rally where they first meet members of the Angels and try and to cement that their club was the real deal. Then they are invited by a man named Bad Bob to come to the Mesa hangout. In Mesa we are introduced to a man named Big Lou which is a code phrase for Jacks family at home, the Angels believe this to be a real man allowing Jay’s undercover work to show how he makes money and makes him more legitimate in their eyes. We also see a more personal side to Jay when he has an encounter with a crack family and the condition they live in but also with his son Jack when Jack gives Jay a rock from home even though the meaning is unknown at this point. The Undercover team has an incident where they are not paying their dues to the respective home clubs they send the two CI to Mexico to pay dues and smooth relationships with the home club. The UC team goes to California to do ATF training, Jay runs into members of the Angels and attend a birthday party where he introduces Agent JJ. Then he travels to New York, while there he goes against orders to not go to Angels bar. This is the first time you see Jay slide into Bird
willingly. The ATF UC team continued to party and deal in illegal arms with the Hells Angels. They then arrest the rouge CI Rudy and put him in prison. On the home front Jay begins to distance himself family and the cracks in his marriage are ever present. JJ joins the task force in a permanent role, and they have run in with local police but the outcome of this was the Hells Angels where impressed at the way he handled himself. When Christmas came around Jay went on vacation with his family and another family, instead of worry about his family he was to concerned with the case, another move on the spectrum of Jay to Bird. Once the operation was picked back up they continued to track illegal operations. Another turning point is a hit that was put on Jay because the motorcycle clubs did not think they were legit and the argument with Slats on how to continue the op. Jay wants to patch into the Hells Angels while Slats wants to stay independent. Jay then starts to take pills and the operation turns to fully patching into the Angels and at this moment he loses focuses on the case and he fully becomes his alter ego Bird. Part four is the ending of the operation. Jay becomes a hang around for the Angles then a prospect. He also has a panic attack from the drugs he was taking, he stops popping the pills and we see a regression back to himself but not for long. To get fully patched into the club they decided to kill a Mongol. They pretend to kill the Mongol but they do not get the full patch but are considered full brothers of the organization. The operation is shut down and arrest are made on numerous charges and Jay regresses from his alter ego but has lasting mental effects from the case
The second part of the novel starts with being asked to take on a new case known as Operation Black Biscuit. The idea of this case was to make an attempt at successfully infiltrating the Hells Angels. Jay meets his new team, a long time friend, William “Timmy” Long, an ex-biker now informant, “Pops”, and a confidential informant named Rudy Kramer. When Jay takes on this new case, he becomes even more separated from his family. This makes me feel disgust because Jay’s family had given so much to him for him to give very minimal in return. Not being able to spend time with family is one of the worst things in the world and Jay becomes so set on becoming a Hells Angel and living the life of Jay “Bird” Davis, that he forgets that outside of work he is still Jay Dobyns.
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