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Black Edge: Insider Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street by Sheelah Kolhatkar

Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Attack on the West by Luke Harding

Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? by Ethan Brown

The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep by Lawrence Block

August 29, 2020 by Jake 1 Comment

I was on vacation last week (with all the requisite social distancing procedures) and I did a lot of vacation reading. I’m not sure why but lately I’ve been on a non-fiction kick, thus, three out of the four books I read were non-fic. Fortunately for me, everything I read was at least good and all merited the coveted 4-stars. Black Edge I became interested in this story when I learned that Steve Cohen and Preet Bharara’s relationship was the basis for the hit Showtime […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Black Edge, Donald Trump, espionage, Ethan Brown, Evan Michael Tanner, Hedge Fund, lawrence block, Louisiana, Luke Harding, Murder in the Bayou, preet bharara, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, Shadow State, Sheelah Kolhatkar, Steve Cohen, The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep, true crime, True Detective, Vladimir Putin, Wall Street

Jake's CBR12 Review No:134 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Black Edge, Donald Trump, espionage, Ethan Brown, Evan Michael Tanner, Hedge Fund, lawrence block, Louisiana, Luke Harding, Murder in the Bayou, preet bharara, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, Shadow State, Sheelah Kolhatkar, Steve Cohen, The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep, true crime, True Detective, Vladimir Putin, Wall Street ·
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