The Manhattan North Task Force rules the streets, applying the laws--or breaking them--as they see fit; but when they decide to take down a major drug lord, and make off with his profits, the dominoes begin to fall in Don Winslow's The Force.
This cynical, shaded-in-gray crime novel will remind contemporary readers of television shows like The Wire and The Shield but probably owes the most to Joseph Wambaugh and police novels like The Choirboys and The Glitter Dome.
This is an action-packed tale with few heroes and plenty of villains on a sliding scale of honor, leading to a fairly nihilistic ending.
This is my first book of Winslow's, although I believe he is well-regarded in this genre and has other books both standalone and in various series. I will look for others by him.
I listened to a very good audiobook version read by Dion Graham, and because of the reader would recommend it in this format.
Borrowed from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library in New Castle, Indiana.
This cynical, shaded-in-gray crime novel will remind contemporary readers of television shows like The Wire and The Shield but probably owes the most to Joseph Wambaugh and police novels like The Choirboys and The Glitter Dome.
This is an action-packed tale with few heroes and plenty of villains on a sliding scale of honor, leading to a fairly nihilistic ending.
This is my first book of Winslow's, although I believe he is well-regarded in this genre and has other books both standalone and in various series. I will look for others by him.
I listened to a very good audiobook version read by Dion Graham, and because of the reader would recommend it in this format.
Borrowed from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library in New Castle, Indiana.
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