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The Closers ReviewIn Connelly's previous novel, The Narrows, Harry Bosch was seriously considering coming out of "retirement" and returning to service with the LAPD, despite several misgivings, one of which was the entrenched corruption throughout the force. However a new police chief is on board with a mission to clean house. Harry's old enemy, Deputy Chief Irving, a self-serving political player, wants Harry to fail and will do anything to achieve this end. Bosch has been assigned to the Open-Unsolved Unit, (cold cases) teamed up with his old partner, Kiz Rider, a no nonsense police woman in a predominately male domain, embark on an unsolved seventeen year old murder of a young girl, shot through the chest and taken out of her bedroom and dumped in a field. Harry attacks this unsolved murder with calculated zeal, leading to possible corruption in the force, pushing the case to it limits to find the perpetrator. The Closers begins at breakneck speed and doesn't let up until the last page is turned.
Reading The Closers was like meeting an old friend after a year of absence. Harry Bosch is one of the great characters in crime fiction, a man with an incredible sense of justice and an over bearing conscience, that pulls him into trouble from time to time. His relationship with Kiz Rider, as his partner, is a perfect match, as they know each other well, can read each other's thoughts before a word is spoken. Kiz never rides on Harry's coattails, but contributes to the motion, adding her own special skills to the investigation. Harry is older but he's a little smarter, and careful to stay within the bounds of the law. Kiz keeps Harry in line and is there to prevent him from slipping into his old, unorthodox habits.
As a piece of crime fiction, The Closers is by no means a character study, it is entirely plot driven, following Harry Bosch at work to every twist and turn of the case. Connelly knows how to write a crime novel and does not leave anything to the imagination. I have come to believe that the crime genre is an art form all its own, and Connelly has become one of its masters.
This is the real thing. Modern detective fiction doesn't get any better, and in the hands of Connelly, one can be sure the ride will be thoroughly entertaining; and The Closers delivers on all counts - a five star effort.

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Executive Treason: A Novel Review

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Executive Treason: A Novel ReviewThis book proved to be an excellent follow up to "Executive
Actions".In what looks like a robbery-attempted rape a white house staffer is killed.After an investigation it appears the she is a deep cover for Israel.Our hero Scott Roark,recognizes the killer's style to be the elusive assassin that he has been pursuing.Roark finally discovers clues from the assassins past
to discover his identity.
In the meantime the administration is reeling from another crisis.President Henry Lamden suffers a near fatal heart attack
and Vice-President Morgan Taylor has to become the acting President.The White House stays under attack from talk show
host Elliott Strong.He is trying to make General Robert Woodley Bridgeman the populist nominee for President and Speaker of the House Duke Patrick the Vice-Presidential nominee.
Air Force One is sabotaged and crashes near a terrorist base in Indonesia.President Morgan and several key figures in the Administration are held hostage by the terrorists.
This is an exciting book that has many exciting situations.I
certainly enjoyed reading it.The ending allows the book to finish with a bang.Executive Treason: A Novel Overview

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The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes Review

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The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes ReviewThis book is amazing. Once I picked it up I could hardly put it down. It is a vivid account of a hair-raising, death-defying, real life adventure. That alone would be enough for a great read, but this book is so much more. It is also a record of the current conditions of the flora and fauna of the most dangerous, most inaccessible parts of the Amazon and the tribes who live among them. And it is a thoughtful contemplation of where indigenous tribes and unexploited wilderness fit in the modern world, including the challenges of assimilation or its opposite, total isolation and non-contact. This is a book that really made me think.
Scott Wallace spent three months - the entire summer of 2002 -- with the brilliant, dictatorial, obsessive Sydney Possuelo and his highly diverse band of Indians and whites as they traveled by riverboat, by canoe, and on foot through parts of the Amazon that are off-limits to all but indigenous peoples and a handful of government officials. The expedition's objective was to gather information while getting as close as possible to the Arrow People, an uncontacted tribe known for its effective use of curare-poisoned arrows, without running into them or being killed by them.
Over the course of the expedition and the book, Wallace gets to know the 34 men who made the expedition under Possuelo's iron-fisted leadership. Most impressive is Valdeci Rios, called Soldado (the soldier), whose backwoods expertise, superhuman strength, and wide-ranging abilities in the face of every challenge will make your jaw drop. Soldado is eventually laid low for a time by malaria, but his response to this gruesome disease adds to the reader's sense that he is a man who can overcome all obstacles. As a group, the other members of the expedition are also astonishing. At the end of each day of exhausting trekking, they not only hunt for the group's food but also transform a plain forested area into an elaborate campsite equipped with stairs with handrails, cooking and cleaning areas, individual covered hammock sites, and surfaces for tables and seating. Their efforts seem herculean given that each campsite is used for one night only and all their work must be repeated every twenty-four hours.
Scott Wallace will have you on the edge of your seat with concern for him and the other members of the expedition as they bathe in piranha and caiman-infested waters, scramble over slick logs high above raging rivers, hike through thick bamboo groves and skyscraper-tall trees, while tripping on hanging vines and rodent-burrows. They are not accompanied by a doctor or other medical staff nor are they in touch with anyone who can assist them should they be injured or fall ill. The forest is populated with all manner of things that seem bent on killing or maiming the men: stinging ants, hairy spiders, poisonous snakes, stealthy jaguars, and more. The dangers that the expedition must avoid include the subject of their study - the Arrow People - a tribe they are working to support and even save. There is no false drama here. All the threats are real and vividly recounted.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in (1) true adventure, (2) the Amazon, (3) indigenous peoples, (4) untrammeled wilderness, (5) environmental challenges, or (6) what it takes to get a story and photographs for National Geographic magazine. This book is especially important because it is a record of a rare expedition into the deepest, most inaccessible parts of the Amazon written by an unusually humble, thoughtful, and experienced writer. Wallace's book is painful, magnificent, profound and not to be missed.
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