The good of Don winslow He was a private investigator before focusing completely on his writing profession. And he was probably the supervisor of various assignments for which he requested his services, which ended up serving as nourishment for his future stories.
The thriller genre has no secrets for this American author. But these are proposals usually about circles of power, where organized crime always hovers eagerly, like an attack dog waiting for its reward or for the arm of its master, failing that...
I am sure that during his years as an investigator he would haunt crimes and compromising situations. Usually what is ordered to be investigated is some sordid aspect of the human condition. And although many of his cases focused on attempts to defraud insurers, he would also touch on some occasions much more sordid aspects than that intention of quick profit via fraud ...
The point is that today he has already written several books and his releases to the market turn out to be successful. I recently reviewed its latest news, Police corruption. A good novel, but I have not just selected it for its three most recommended.
3 Recommended Novels by Don Winslow
Burning city
There was a time when the streets had their rules marked by "crime syndicates" that in their paradoxical name, seeking to make the underworld friendly, governed with implacable command after the other official laws. Everything had a place in a deep America educated in the colonization of territories, in making each new place its own. Large cities of yesteryear went through this double governance between legislators and justice on the one hand and very summary trials of gangs, brotherhoods and other groups almost always with that ethnic roots that were erected as entire neighborhoods in various cities. Don Winslow promises to bring us closer to those not-so-remote underworlds that, even today, poke their tails beyond the system.
1986, Providence, Rhode Island. Danny Ryan is a hard-working longshoreman, a loving husband, a loyal friend, and occasionally "muscle" for the Irish crime syndicate that oversees much of the city. He longs for something more and, above all, dreams of starting over somewhere new and far away. But when a modern-day Helen of Troy sparks a war between rival mob factions, Danny finds himself embroiled in a conflict he can't escape.
Now it's up to him to take advantage of the void to protect his family, those friends who are closer than his own brothers and the only home he's ever known. Burning city explores the classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, honor and corruption from both sides of the law, becoming a Iliad Contemporary in the hands of master Don Winslow.
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The issue of organized crime around the world of drugs is usually a recurring argument. That is why it never hurts the appearance of authors like Don Winslow, capable of rethinking scenarios and modifying old springs of any type of subgenre as exploited as this one.
And nothing better for this than to bring real cases to fiction, so that we have no doubt that reality is much more exaggerated than fiction. Reality is overactive, but what is curious is the undoubted reality of its characters.
Summary: In El Cartel, Barrera, a drug king who wants to be one again, puts a price on the head of agent Keller, who put him behind bars not without paying a heavy personal and professional cost.
A supporter of the legalization of drugs, Winslow does not hesitate to tell, between ironic, conspiracy and cynical, what he believes has happened with El Chapo: “I do not doubt that there was a tunnel, but I have great doubts that it came out through it. My bet is that he went out the front door and the tunnel served to leave a red herring and save the face of the guards. I was in Washington DC when I found out about the escape, although there is nothing on the escape.
It costs me more to leave some hotels than it cost him to escape from that jail. El Chapo checked out of the hotel and paid the bill with bribery, intimidation and blackmail. Be clear about it! The most important drug lord in the world has walked through a maximum security prison. Twice". Giving away a script for the best crime novel, reality once again takes the lead over fiction.
City of Dreams
Sequel to Ciudad en llamas to rediscover Danny Ryan, who has already become the anti-hero who is fond of us by delving into the interiors of his psyche and soul. All sin can find forgiveness and all ambition can be understood as a very human longing, however twisted the horizon may be. In Danny Ryan we can even imagine, beyond the criminal survivor, the guy who only wants the best for his business and his family..., in his own way.
Danny Ryan, a young Irish mob boss, has left the East Coast after the death of his wife and has settled in California with his young son. A change of scenery has done him good; In his new base of operations, his power, his influence, and his wealth have not ceased to grow. Now, Danny heads to Hollywood to call to order two members of his gang who are trying to make illicit profits from the filming of a movie about his involvement in the New England gang warfare.
On the set, Danny discovers a replica of his old neighborhood and finds himself face to face with the actor playing his role and Diane Carson, the actress who plays his sister-in-law, Pam Murphy. He is immediately attracted to Diane, but soon discovers a crime from her past that she tries to hide at all costs. While trying to help her, Danny goes to war with new enemies who don't want her influence spreading across the West Coast, and their respective worlds will pull Danny and Diane in opposite directions, putting them in danger.
Other recommended books by Don Winslow…
The power of the dog
Again the drugs and all the human filth that surrounds its illegal market. From the lowest echelons of the pyramid of this illegal trade to the top, everything fills with the stench of dehumanization and death. Moral and political hypocrisy is a fundamental element to face this type of stories ...
Summary: The Naked Drug War. An epic, choral and bloody thriller that explores the corners of human misery. When his partner appears dead with signs of having been tortured by the drug mafia, DEA agent Art Keller undertakes a fierce revenge.
Chained to the same war, they find a beautiful prostitute of high standing; a Catholic priest confidant of her and determined to help the town; and Billy "the boy" Callan, a taciturn boy turned into a random hitman. Narcovaqueros, peasants, Italian-American style mafia, corrupt policemen, a snitch and a holy miracle worker make up the universe of this story of betrayals, frustration, love, sex and faith in the search for redemption.
A dizzying and absorbing plot, full of blood, Mexican drug traffickers, Irish nationalists, international political implications, torture, arms sales, high technology.
A universe unto itself. The novel transports the reader from the suburbs of New York, to San Diego, from the Mexican deserts through the Putumayo River in Colombia to a violent final denouement.
Frankie Machine's winter
The double personality. The undoubted ability of humans to adapt to any fictitious reality. The possibility that ultimately, exposed to fear or violence, we may not always be who we think we are...
Summary: Frank is a quiet man. He is 62 years old, lives retired on the coast of San Diego - where he runs a store - and is a true gentleman. He likes to let his coffee steep for exactly four minutes, which he spends getting dressed; the sandwich he makes with a thin sheet of butter every morning has to be wrapped in a linen napkin so it doesn't get cold; he has a couple of tickets to the opera, which he attends with his girlfriend, Donna; he subsequently invites her to dinner not at any restaurant; his daughter, Jill, is a promising medical student at UCLA.
Frank is always ready to help everyone and give good advice ... until, of course, it is his family's turn. Then you will not want to have met him or have ever crossed paths with him, or to know why in the world of the mafia he was known as Frankie, the Machine, a true legend ...
