Customer Reviews

Armed and Dangerous: The Hunt for One of America's Most Wanted Criminals

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I was blown away by Queen's first book "Under and Alone" and this ATF Agent kept me awake once again with "Armed and Dangerous". You get a real life look at what real law-enforcement types have to go through to do their jobs. You learn that they not only have to fight the bad guys but their bosses so they can go after the bad guys. In this book Queen actually has to get to the 'top of the mountain' to catch a crazy drug dealer that has kept all other law enforcement agencies at bay. A great read.

Your first clue that there is not much here is the big type size. Someone tried to stretch this tale into a book, but the material is inadequate. Queen spends page after page building up to the big moment when he defies death and captures some pyscho in the San Bernardino mountains more than 25 years ago. The problem is the arrest was fairly routine. There is a lot of extraneous detail about unrelated investigations leading up to the main case, obviously an effort to stretch the book. I hope Queen has some more substantial stories left in him, or else his best book, about his undercover stint as a Mongol motorcycle gangbanger, may be his only claim to fame as a writer.

This is a true story about an ATF agent's efforts to bring a drug dealer to justice. It might not sound that hard, but the fact is that the perp lives in an inaccessible hideout in the mountains outside LA. No one can flush him out long enough to capture him. The guy's going to kill someone with one of his submachine guns if he's not stopped. It's like reading a thriller instead of a true to life drama that really took place. It gives some interesting insight into the way ATF and the police handle matters like this. It's a good read.

This is a good book. It has an interesting insight into how government agencies really work. Having worked for a government agency in the past, I understand how paperwork and supervisory influence slow investigations and hinder law enforcement in many ways.

I would have given this a five star rating, but Mr Queen's book Under and Alone is clearly a five star book and this one is not quite as good. Still a great read...

M

Im absolutely floored after finding out BIlly Queen has written yet another book exploiting ATF. What Billy queen has done is inflate his own ego by name dropping for the simple outcome of trying to make a buck. I am closely related to one of William's dear friends who has recently passed and since his passing, we have seen his true colors. Its a bit appalling to see said friends name dropped so many times, all the while we had no idea there was even a book in the works. I found the book to be boring and stretching a tale that could be told amongst friends into a novel.

Book drags a bit in the begining, but then picks up speed as it goes along. If you enjoy this type of book, you will like this book

Queen has done it again! I don't think I've ever read a book so fast, I just couldn't put it down. If you liked Under and Alone then you will love this book. This is just a really good story, the authors did a very good job of getting you acquainted with the characters and using so much detail that you feel like you're right there beside Queen along for the hunt. I feel like I could probably join the ATF right now. They would ask for my credentials of course and I would be like, "ah, hello, I read both of Bill Queen's books, where do I sign up."

I really liked his first book and thought this might be about the same. I was wrong, not even close! The read was quick and the ending was pretty lame. Sometimes the true story is not the best story! I should of waited and got the book from a friend or the library. Sorry!

It is amazing what law enforcement endures just doing their job. I recommend this book highly.

- It's obvious that there was not much material to make a 224 pages book. The author has stuffed it with a lot of filler that has nothing to do with the main story.

- It's very frustrating when the author spent a lot of time building up the climax but in the end the criminal gave up without fighting.