This was one of the first books I have purchased in electronic format – Kindle. On that score the jury is still out.

I guess for every reader there is a fascination about the secret service – men in suits with dark sunglasses and earpieces, I too confess to this fascination hence the purchase. It was a disappointment – essentially the book is an alternating collection of war stories about how the private president differed from the public figure with a medium size dose of how the public figure chose to live their life. For those who are interested the war stories go from Kennedy to Obama.

These war stories were alternated with aspects of the work of the secret service such as investigating threats to the president. The author didnt really provide any critical analysis or sifting of the war stories. This book is really gossip masquerading as something more substantial. Best avoided.