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Underworld USA

This saga plunges into the hidden corners of mid-to-late 20th-century American history, weaving together the intertwined fates of the underworld, politics, and major societal events. It follows fictionalized accounts that infiltrate real historical moments, exposing dark connections between organized crime and power structures. This is a gripping narrative of corruption, ambition, and influence that shaped modern America from within. Readers will discover a fascinating alternative perspective on the events that defined an era.

Blood's a River
The Cold Six Thousand
American Tabloid

Recommended Reading Order

  1. American Tabloid

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    A novel of the Kennedy era, portraying the president in a far from flattering light. There are three protagonists: a CIA agent who pimps for JFK, another agent who trains anti-Castro rebels, and a lawyer who is a Mafia hunter. Through their eyes are seen the conflicting interests of the Kennedys, the director of the FBI, organized crime, organized labor, Castro and Cuban exiles.

    American Tabloid1
    4.2
  2. The Cold Six Thousand

    • 669 pages
    • 24 hours of reading

    A young Las Vegas cop named Wayne Tedrow, Jr. travels through the 1960s, from JFK's assassination to Vietnam, unaware that J. Edgar Hoover is the one pulling the strings.

    The Cold Six Thousand2
    4.1
  3. Blood's a River

    • 656 pages
    • 23 hours of reading

    It's 1968. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King are dead. The Mob, Howard Hughes and J Edgar Hoover are in a struggle for America's soul, drawing into their murderous conspiracies the dammed and the soon-to-be damned. Wayne Tedrow Jr.: parricide, assassin, dope cooker, mouthpiece for all sides, loyal to none. His journey will take him away from the darkness and into an even greater darkness. Dwight Holly: Hoover's enforcer and hellish conspirator in terrible crimes. As Hoover's power wanes his destiny lurches towards Richard Nixon and self-annihilation Don Crutchfield: is a kid, a nobody, a wheelman and a private detective who stumbles upon an ungodly conspiracy from which he and the country may never recover. All three men are drawn to women on the opposite side of the political and moral spectrum; all are compromised and ripe for destruction. Only one of them will survive. The final part of James Ellroy's Underworld USA trilogy is set during the social and political upheaval of 1968-72. Blood's a Rover is an incandescent fusion of fact and fiction and is James Ellroy's greatest masterpiece.

    Blood's a River3
    4.0