Border War, by Lou Dobbs, James O. Born
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Border War, by Lou Dobbs, James O. Born
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Border War is a timely thriller about the struggles of US law enforcement officers on the Mexican border by TV broadcaster Lou Dobbs.
The border is a tough place to work, especially for FBI agent Tom Eriksen. With a history of violence, he cannot afford any on-duty screw-ups. So when an investigation ends in a bloody shootout and the shooting is deemed "questionable," the bureau reassigns Eriksen to an office known as "the Island of Misfit Cops": a resting place for those who have screwed up enough to warrant being dumped in El Paso, Texas.
But when his partner is murdered, Eriksen must take charge and solve the case, wading through corruption and betrayal to discover the truth. Only after he teams up with a resourceful and gorgeous NSA agent, Kat Gleason, does his luck change. As they slowly put the puzzle pieces together, the investigation points to a powerful cartel lord and a shadowy US computer company.
As the web of deceit and betrayal tightens, the body count grows. Eriksen must deal with the mayhem caused by the cartels while racing against the clock to stop an assassin whose target is someone very close to him.
Border War, by Lou Dobbs, James O. Born - Amazon Sales Rank: #595718 in Books
- Brand: Dobbs, Lou
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.50" h x 1.14" w x 4.25" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 432 pages
Border War, by Lou Dobbs, James O. Born From Booklist Let’s haul out the thriller checklist and see what we have here. FBI agent with troubled history: check. Beautiful new partner: check. Powerful villain: check. Murdered friend/colleague: check. Ruthless, conspiratorial corporation: check. This is a by-the-numbers thriller that, despite its formulaic approach, is actually pretty good. Not great by any means: the writing is often clunky, and the characters are not what you would call fresh. But the book, which concerns the efforts of an FBI agent to find out who’s responsible for the murder of his former partner, even if it means going up against a powerful drug lord, does hold our interest. Tom Eriksen, the FBI agent, is a stock character, but the authors (Dobbs, the veteran broadcaster; Born, a DEA-agent-turned-novelist) give him enough depth to make him feel like a real person. Ramon Herrera, the drug lord, is appropriately evil and ambitious, and the ruthless corporation (a U.S. company working with Herrera) is presented realistically enough that we believe such a conspiracy could actually happen. The novel doesn’t break any new ground, but it does make going over familiar ground an enjoyable enough reading experience. --David Pitt
About the Author
LOU DOBBS, the host of Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs Tonight, is a legendary broadcaster, bestselling author, and one of the most respected and insightful voices on politics, economics, society, and business.
JAMES O. BORN is an award-winning author of seven novels. He is a former U.S. Drug agent and Special Agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). He has been involved in investigations in such areas as organized crime, serial crimes, economic crimes, drug cartels, and public corruption.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A beach read that champions the right By Leslie N. Patino FBI agent Tom Eriksen has been sent to El Paso as punishment for some hotheaded behavior. Now he’s got a boss looking for reasons to fault him. Our man gives the boss plenty of fodder since he keeps getting into sticky situations where people turn up dead and where Eriksen shouldn’t have been to begin with.I admit I was a little skeptical when I heard Lou Dobbs had written a novel. I suspect that James O. Born, who has written other thrillers, probably did most of the work. In exchange, he got access to Dobbs’ very large audience. If you compare the number of Amazon reviews for “Border War” with those for Born’s earlier books, it looks like he got a good deal. According to what I see, since “Border War’s” May 6th publication, Born has published three more books with another scheduled for April, 2015. I don’t think even Stephen King could crank out books that fast and not have his craftsmanship slip a little.Not surprising that there are phrases like “her engineer mind” (engineer’s mind?) and a character named “don Herrera.” In Mexico, the honorific title is used with first names, never with surnames. The good guys went to Harvard, MIT and Princeton. Pretty much all them are very handsome or beautiful. So much sex appeal makes everybody focus on “her beautiful blue eyes,” or “this athletic and cute detective.” The bad guys, of course, include “the tall, goofy-looking guy” and “the little Israeli.”I do give Dobbs and Born credit for spinning a pretty good story. They move the plot along fairly well, although they remind the reader too often of the characters’ motivations for their actions. The story felt a little too formulaic. Dobbs and Born do know their topics well. Of course, the book has a conservative slant—what else would you expect from Dobbs?—but, it wasn’t as strong as I expected.Conclusion: if you want a beach read that champions the right, you’ll probably like “Border War.”
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. BORDER WAR is an excellent read, a complex story full of great characters and told with a pitch-perfect voice and pace. By Bookreporter I have been eagerly and impatiently awaiting the release of BORDER WAR since I first became aware of its pending publication. The pairing of Lou Dobbs and James O. Born as co-authors is a dream collaboration.Dobbs is best known as a commentator for Fox Business Network but has also authored a number of nonfiction books dealing with business and politics. His television and literary efforts are worth exploring for their clear-eyed commentary and well-reasoned conclusions concerning how the world does and does not work. Exposure to Dobbs is similar to an ongoing business and economic seminar that you should have had in college but never did.Born is a well-known and highly respected law enforcement officer with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement who has been responsible for bringing a number of high-profile criminal cases to a successful conclusion (for the good guys, that is). These experiences have been infused through a number of critically acclaimed and commercially successful novels that are required reading for crime fiction aficionados. Thus, my expectations for this book were very high; I’m pleased to report that they were met and even exceeded.BORDER WAR plays out between the very different sister cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Juarez is considered by many to be one of the world’s most dangerous cities, while El Paso has one of the lowest homicide rates in the United States. The chaotic lawlessness in Juarez threatens to spill across the border into El Paso, where an FBI agent named Tom Eriksen has been transferred after his apparent involvement in a questionable shooting. The office, known as the “Island of Misfit Cops,” is supposed to be a resting place for Eriksen while things are sorted out and cooled off.Eriksen, notwithstanding the attitude of his FBI supervisor, is a good, solid agent, still new enough at the job to be idealistic but with sufficent experience to keep himself alive. His situation attracts support from a couple of individuals from outside the Bureau. One is a national television commentator whose reasoned viewpoints on immigration and its solutions have garnered praise and brickbats for him on both sides of the border. The other is a newly minted Texas senator of Hispanic descent whose opinions on immigration and terrorism have made her extremely unpopular with a number of people, particularly the powerful kingpin of a Mexican drug cartel.As things play out for Eriksen both inside and outside of his office, two disparate and opposing forces --- the aforementioned drug lord and a computer company --- pursue an IT whiz and a Mexican doctor for their own reasons. That pursuit dovetails back on Eriksen, who finds himself caught in a number of crossfires, one of which leads back to his own office. The title “the Island of Misfit Cops” soon becomes ironic in more ways than one, as Eriksen works to discover the identity of an informant in his office, who is much closer to him than he imagines.BORDER WAR is an excellent read, a complex story full of great characters and told with a pitch-perfect voice and pace. While the story is complete in itself, Dobbs and Born leave the door open for a sequel (or more) at its conclusion, which, in this case, is the best possible ending of all. More? To the gods of publishing, we say “YES!”Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Thriller Dream Team! By Lord Hawke Any time you pair Lou Dobb's wit, wisdom, and encyclopedic knowledge of all things political alongside a crack crime writerwith a background in law enforcement (and a flair for hard-hitting and often funny dialogue) you're pretty much guaranteedto come up with a winner. Border War is that winner and I urge you NOT to miss it.
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