The Cartel (Power of the Dog #2)

by Don Winslow

Eddie Ruiz is twenty-six and a freaking millionaire. His dad wanted him to go to college, even offered to pay for it, which for Eddie’s old man was a big deal, but Eddie had basically said, “I’m good, Pops.” He was shipping weed in 120-pound lots, so the thought of sitting in class taking Accounting 101 or Introduction to Shakespeare seemed counterproductive. Pops was an engineer, had him a good-paying job, a house in the burbs, a nice car, so Eddie wasn’t one of those cholos who grew up in the barrio. He was a middle-class kid who went to a good school and played football with other chicanos and with white kids, so he had none of the usual excuses to start dealing dope. Eddie didn’t need an excuse—he had a reason. It made money.