When Colombian Arias Cuevas is caught trying to smuggle drugs through Venice airport, his fear isn't fuelled by the idea of prison. He's much more frightened of his aunt--it was her coke he took off with. He comes clean to avoid her wrath. The cops set up a sting to find out who was to be the recipi
The Colombian Mule
β Scribed by Massimo Carlotto; Christopher Woodall
- Book ID
- 107759339
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Series
- Alligator 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781609451486
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β¦ Synopsis
When Colombian Arias Cuevas is caught trying to smuggle drugs through Venice airport, his fear isn't fuelled by the idea of prison. He's much more frightened of his auntit was her coke he took off with. He comes clean to avoid her wrath. The cops set up a sting to find out who was to be the recipient of the drugs, and art smuggler Nazzareno Corradi falls straight into the trap. But he's been set up. His lawyer hires "the Alligator," and his fixer, Max, to find out what's going on. Soon it becomes apparent why Cuevas was so afraidthe aunt, La Tia, has left a bloody trail in her wake, and is now looking to do some business in Italy, and she's not about to let anybody get in her way.
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