Review: You Won't (want to) Believe This is True
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2012
After stumbling upon information on Enrique Prado while doing research for his bookAMERICAN DESPERADO, Evan Wright decided to do a bit of digging on Prado's strange background.  The information that Wright was able to uncover serves as the basis of HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER IN AMERICA.  It's a story that is somewhat similar to that of Jon Roberts' in AMERICAN DESPERADO:  Prado served as a hitman/bodyguard for a drug trafficker in Miami when the CIA stumbled upon him.  He was picked up as an informant, and he turned out to be a rather exceptional one at that.  So good in fact, that he almost immediately went from being a simple informant to a significant authority for the Central Intelligence Agency.  While this might not be too unsettling, the evidence that Evan Wright pulls forth suggests that Prado was leading (what is essentially) a double life.  As a childhood friend of drug lord Albert ("the Maniac") San Pedro, it appears that Prado helped the Maniac kill a handful of Americans, all while he was bankrolled by the CIA.It sounds like a fictional premise for a Hollywood movie, right?  It isn't.  Evan Wright brings forth evidence in the form of legal documents and interviews, and while this could have made for a dry read, the author makes the story into a compelling narrative.  It's horrifying, for sure, but it is also engaging, and (at times) comedic.I would recommend HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER IN AMERICA to most readers who are interested in crime non-fiction.  If readers are unfamiliar with Evan Wright, this Kindle Single serves as a good introduction to the author, followed byAMERICAN DESPERADOandGENERATION KILL.