Intricate plotting and manic energy power this page-turner. In 2005, Winslow published what would become the first book in his epic Cartel Trilogy, The Power of the Dog, about obsessive DEA Agent Art Kellers quest to take down an El Chapo -esque Sinaloan cartel. war on drugs, tracing flawed policies that have cost DEA agents their lives yet failed to stop the flow of drugs across the border. The cast also features an Irish hit man, a call girl, and a priest, as Winslow feverishly indicts the U.S. Their friendship will eventually turn into a personal vendetta of epic proportions when it is revealed that their uncle, Miguel, a member of the state police, is a drug kingpin. Author: Don Winslow First Release: 1996 ISBN: 978-0099706410 Publisher: Arrow Buy now Like The Death and Life of Bobby Z When Tim Kearney, a small-time criminal, slits the throat of a Hell's Angel and draws a life sentence in a prison full of gang members, he knows he’s pretty much a dead man. On his first posting, to Culiacan, Mexico, capital of the drug trade, Art befriends the Barrera brothers. At the center of the novel is DEA agent Art Keller, who makes a fatal mistake as an idealistic rookie. He also displays bold ambition as he takes on the war on drugs, moving his extremely violent story between the DEA, the Latin American drug cartels, and the Mob. Winslow ( California Fire and Life, 1999) once again offers a crime novel with breakneck pacing, a sardonic worldview, and a teeming cast of superheated characters.
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