The Force

spike said It's not the Cartel, but what is?. Winslow is one of my favorite authors. Cartel was one of my top ten books of all time. The Force is good, but it isn't the Cartel. I've read all of Winslows books and this is my least favorite.It starts out with the main character in jail and just gets relentlessly bleaker and blacker the rest of the novel. If you're on anti depressants you may want to increase your dosage before you start.There's no one in this book that I cared about or had any fee. Sadly, his weakest book Mr Majestik I’ve enjoyed reading Winslow’s prior novels like California Fire and Life, The Winter of Frankie Machine and The Gentlemen's Hour. But his latest is a dud. I found it one dimensional, full of cliches and unlikeable characters. But hey, he’s written over a dozen good books, so even a champ has to lose once in awhile.. Let the details lure you in, and brace yourself for the ride As a big Winslow fan, I had The Force preordered well before the release date. I was so excited to begin it that I pawned off two meetings and family movie night (I know, I know). I was starting to get a little disappointed based on the excessive detail and backstories but stayed with it knowing that my own anticipation was the main cause of my sulking. Wow, am I grateful. The twists, turns, and excitement forced me to skip the gym at lunch two days

Winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration, he has performed on Broadway, off Broadway, internationally, in films, and in several hit television series.. Audiobook Narrator DION GRAHAM, from HBO's The Wire, also narrates The First 48 on A&E. The Cartel is scheduled to begin production next year by maste

A searing portrait of a city and a courageous, heroic, and deeply flawed man who stands at the edge of its abyss, it is a masterpiece of urban realism full of shocking twists, leavened by flashes of dark humor, a morally complex and utterly riveting dissection of modern American society and the controversial issues confronting us today.. Read by Dion Graham From the acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling author of The Cartel -- voted one of the best books of the year by more than sixty publications, including the New York Times -- comes a cinematic epic as explosive, power

It's that good.'' --Stephen King''Intensely human in its tragic details, positively Shakespearian in its epic sweep -- probably the best cop novel ever written.'' --Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author''Winslow peers into the soul of modern America through the eyes of a supremely skilled and corrupt police officer, in this epic novel of devastating moral complexity.'' --Publishers Weekly (starred review)''Fast-moving riveting and scary -- in a lot of ways The action -- a lot of it related in one- or two-sentence paragraphs that rocket you through the tale -- is, as you might expect, cinematic. Think The Godfather, only with cops. The unit is fictitious, and so is Denny, but they don't sound that way.'' --New York Times Book Review''A stunner of a cop novel.'' --New York Times. It's often funny, ironic, and tense.'' --Washington Post