The quick review is that the book has an interesting plot, but MacDonald takes took long guiding us through it. It's way too long for it's genre. There is a lot of cynical philosophizing about American Life by MacDonald/McGee, more than the previous four books, but that's not entirely the reason for the length. MacDonald just takes took long in developing the plot. McGee heads to Mexico with the widow of a close acquaintance to track down the location of a collection of valuable Aztec statuettes, stolen from McGee's friend, but we quickly learn that his ownership has questionable origins. A relationship ensues with the widow as you might expect, and we begin to see an connection with various Cuban nationals and revolutionaries. This section of the story is tedious, and the Cuban angle a little hard to follow. Things pick up considerably in the last section, when the trail leads to LA and a rather grotesque villain at the center of it all. I'd give it four stars with some editing in the Mexico section, and a little more lucid explanation of the Cuban connection. In the end though, I'm liking McGee more and more, which is something I was not sure of after Book 1 (check my review of The Deep Blue Good-By).