I love this book! It reminds me a lot of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther. "neck rolls like a pack of hot dogs"

Mike Ford was following his father into a life of crime, when he chose to go straight and instead worked his way through Harvard Law School. Now he's landed the ultimate job with the Davies Group, a powerful political consulting firm run by the charismatic Henry Davies. But he's about to discover that power comes with a price.

Mike Ford soon finds out that there’s serious corruption going on at his new job and he decides to secretly investigate. This gets him into a lot of trouble throughout the rest of the book. His con man tricks and other criminal skills learned in his early life were interesting and came in very handy. He was a likeable character but many of his decisions were detrimental to himself. The story was over the top but there was a lot of action and it was entertaining. ( )

Mike Ford iba siguiendo los pasos del fracasado de su padre hasta que consiguió darle la vuelta a su vida. Sus esfuerzos tuvieron como recompensa la entrada en la prestigiosa facultad de derecho de Harvard. Una vez acabados sus estudios ha conseguido lo que muy pocos de sus compañeros se atreven siquiera a soñar: un trabajo en el Davies Group, el grupo de influencia más importante de los que operan en Washington. La especialidad de la empresa consiste en manejar los hilos de la política, influenciar a las quinientas personas más poderosas de la ciudad, los hombres y mujeres que la dirigen, aunque a veces resulten desconocidos; que consiguen que las leyes lleguen a aprobarse, aunque pueden o no ser congresistas; que le dan forma a los tratados económicos aunque no sean diplomáticos.
Henry Davies, el jefe de Mike conoce a todo aquel que hay que conocer, y también conoce todos sus secretos. Mike se convierte en su protegido, en el delfín que va a tomar las riendas de esta red de poder, pero no se da cuenta de que está entrando en un nido de víboras corruptas del que no resulta nada fácil salir.
Después de todo ¿cómo vas a salvar tu alma si se la has vendido al diablo?

Good, flowing story that keeps you in there. Not too much sustenance, though, but maybe it means less because I'm not American... ( )

I enjoyed this but really didn't love it. I kind of feel that way about all of it. The characters, plot and writing were good, just not great. I do love a good con man story and this is a good con man story so maybe I'm just being harsh. I see there is another Mike Ford already out. I will likely give that one a go. ( )