Just saw Brotherhood of Spies got an "Earphone Award" from AudioFile. The book is "made even better by Paul Michael’s vocal dexterity...Perfect for history and thriller buffs, which covers a lot of folks." Thank you, Paul! Doubleday AudioFile Magazine booktrib.com/2018/09/septem…

A BROTHERHOOD OF SPIES by Monte Reel and RISING OUT OF HATRED by Eli Saslow make Dallas Morning News's list of the best books from 2018! dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2018…

A 709-carot diamond's moment to shine, by Monte Reel for Businessweek bloom.bg/2BqDBog

Thanks very much, Robert

Thank you, Joel!

This week's #SLR newsletter features great reads by the likes of Nathan Heller Ian Crouch Caity Weaver Joshuah Bearman Monte Reel Elizabeth Wurtzel John Woodrow Cox Steven Rich Ilya Zhegulev hey i'm Shaun and more. Enjoy, and please share! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

With the Chapo trial winding down, hope you'll listen to this 99 Percent Invisible story I made about the Sinaloa cartel's first smuggling tunnel, discovered in Douglas AZ in the early 90s: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-tu… Featuring the voices of Monte Reel, Ioan Grillo, and Miguel Angel Vega among others.

Good time to circulate my favorite El Chapo story--this terrific 2015 New Yorker piece by @montereel1 on the architect who engineered Guzman's escape from Mexico's "super-max" prison. newyorker.com/magazine/2015/…

Looking forward to talking about A Brotherhood of Spies at one of the great bookstores— Boswell Book Company — Tuesday at 7pm with Meg Jones.

Brotherhood of Spies is out now in paperback, and happy to see a new review of it from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette! post-gazette.com/ae/books/2019/…

Thanks Longreads! longreads.com/2019/12/16/lon…

To try to make some sense of the global economy, let's take a long look at the mysterious, seemingly illogical, and adventure-filled world of...vanilla. bloomberg.com/features/2019-…

Peak dystopia? (From a prison in El Salvador after 22 prisoners were murdered in 1 day).

Blood River tells the story of a murdered environmental activist, a twisting homicide investigation, and the executive accused of masterminding the crime. I’ve been working on it for ages - hope you'll give it a listen. First two episodes out Monday...podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blo…

Episode 3 of Blood River -- a podcast serial about the murder of activist Berta Caceres -- is out today. Please consider giving the series a listen wherever you get your podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blo…

An update from #BloodRiver: Big developments in the story of #BertaCaceres: A trial date has been set for accused murderer, David Castillo. Blood River will return soon to unpack the latest developments in the case. Catch up on the series: trib.al/DA8CQYR

Here's a story I wrote about the most tumultuous year in the life of Chicago's oldest hospital, and the multi-front battle to keep it from closing for good... bloomberg.com/news/features/…