Don Winslow has written more than 25 novels and ... nor is he ripping off a psychopathic cartel leader’s safehouses. Ryan is a casino and hotel mogul in Las Vegas. His main problems include ...

"In May 2005, a cartel boss ... captured four Zeta hitmen sent to kill him," Winslow writes. "He took them upstairs in a safe house, lined the floor and walls with black plastic bags, and then ...