![]() ![]() ![]() Themes in this book have been extensively interrogated elsewhere in crime fiction: the remnants of two once-powerful criminal traditions fighting it out for control in a rapidly changing economic and social landscape a reluctant but talented criminal who wants to go legitimate a major score that could set him and his crew up for life, but which comes with enormous risk. But with time on his hands and money behind him, Ryan starts to think the movie business could be his next career move. Next stop Hollywood, to pull into line two of his former gang members who are extorting the makers of a new feature film about the very New England crime war from which he has escaped. ![]() Credit: Getty ImagesÄesperate for money to fund a new start, he makes a deal with the Drug Enforcement Agency to undertake a covert operation against a Mexican drug dealer. Don Winslow’s books serve as an alternative crime history of America from the 1990s onwards. ![]()
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