Lance Burdett was in the police for 22 years in a variety of high-level roles: head of the negotiation team; running the 111 call centre; intelligence management; protection squad; and emergency responders. He worked on some of New Zealand's best-known cases, such as the Jan Molenaar Napier seige, where Lance headed the negotiation team, and the George Baker prison hostage negotiation with the man who murdered Liam Ashley. 

Behind the Tape is fast-paced, narrative-driven true crime that makes for a gritty, confronting reading.