Chicago Wipe-Out is a quick action packed dismantling of the Chicago mafia in Bolan’s against all odds one man’s vendetta upon the Cosa Nostradamus. This was not as action packed as some of the fist 7 books in this series.

Far from my favorite in this series. Way too much exposition and not enough action.

The good thing about this long running series is that there's a pretty good prologue that explains the setting. This way you can pretty much start anywhere in the series though I still recommend starting from book 1.

Basically this is a 1970's pulp fiction action book where an aggrieved vigilante takes on the American Mafia. He has a few adventures on the east coast, west coast, France, England and now to Chicago. There's a bit of pontification in this book about crime and corruption, otherwise it's more of the same violence and a bit of sex. I skipped over some of the slow moving parts and just concentrated on how he's taking on the Chicago Mob. A little bit disappointed that the Chicago Mob doesn't seem to be that different from the mobs from elsewhere.

Overall an ok book. I'm going to take a small rest from this series.