The other day I finished reading The Brothers Bulger about one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, Whitey Bulger, and his brother Billy Bulger, the former Massachusetts State Senate president. The book was written by Boston newspaper columnist and talk radio host, Howie Carr. Subtitled, How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century, the book is a fascinating look into the lives of these two brothers from South Boston who certainly left their scars on the state. It details the seamy world of Boston politics and Boston crime and shows how sometimes the two were one in the same. Although well researched and written, I found the subject matter to be disturbing for the simple fact that it all actually occurred and continues to occur as Whitey Bulger is still on the loose, and Billy is living comfortably in retirement.

To change gears a bit, my next read is a fictional story of crime by Sandra Brown, titled Chill Factor. I hope I find the fictionalized crime to be less exasperating.