El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency
A whole load of trouble that will only get worse.
Archive for the 'Books' Category
Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
Some interesting stuff. A little bit dull after the microsoft years.
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
Well written and researched.
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
Cold Wind (A Joe Pickett Novel)
An interesting way to jettison an unpleasant character.
Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century
An interesting and somewhat bizarre story.
The Scarecrow
Some interesting twists and turns. Connelly is pretty reliable.
Out of Range
These books are fun to read, but I can’t really remember what it was about.
The Priest’s Graveyard
Author gets a little too cute at times, but easy to skim through.
David Crockett: The Lion of the West
First half is pretty good. DC chapters are a bit muddled.
Just One Look
Keeps you going with the twists and turns.
Tough Guys
Not that interesting but don’t tell them I said so.
The Call of the Wild
The anti-dote for logorrhea.
Black Cherry Blues
Back to the beginning. A pretty good read.
The Secrets of the FBI
Re-worked newspaper columns slapped together to get some royalties. Not much meat on the bone.
The Accident
Suburban angst not delivered well.
The Ranger
Nothing that interesting here.
Life
get yer ya-yas out and more – surprisingly fun read except for the cold turkey descriptions
