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An explosive novel of the drug trade that takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge. The prequel to The Cartel, and set about 10 years earlier, The Power of the Dog introduces a brilliant cast of characters. Art Keller is an obsessive DEA agent. The Barrera brothers are heirs to a drug empire. Nora Hayden is a jaded teenager who becomes a high-class hooker. Father Parada is a powerful and incorruptible Catholic...

When Kentucky blueblood Drew Thornton parachuted to his death in September 1985—carrying thousands in cash and 150 pounds of cocaine—the gruesome end of his startling life blew open a scandal that reached to the most secret circles of the US government. The story of Thornton and "The Company" he served, and the lone heroic fight of State Policeman Ralph Ross against an international web of corruption, is one of the most portentous tales

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"It's spring in the tiny town of Damariscotta, a tourist haven on the coast of Maine known for its oysters and antiques. Andrew, a high school English teacher recently returned to the area, has brought his family to Ed and Steph Thatch's sprawling riverside estate to attend a reception for the Amherst women's lacrosse team. Back when they were all teenagers, Andrew never could have predicted that Ed, descended from a long line of lobstermen, or Steph,...

Captain Jake Grafton faces the duel threats of a determined assassin and a vicious drug lord, both intent on plunging the U.S. into chaos.

Back by popular demand! Adventure and drama flood the life of a young woman whose marriage into a prominent South American family draws her deep into a world filled with danger, intrigue, and confrontation with the U. S. DEA.

When an ex-fixer for a drug king in Oslo acts foolishly, he becomes his former employer's next target and escapes to a quiet Norway community where he finds an opportunity for redemption.

Amexica is a street-level portrait of the extraordinary terror unfolding along the U.S.-Mexico border-- "a country in its own right, which belongs to both the United States and Mexico, yet neither"-- as the narco-war escalates to a fever pitch. In 2009, after reporting from the border for many years, journalist Ed Vulliamy traveled the frontier from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico, from Tijuana to Matamoros, a kaleidoscopic landscape of corruption...

In New York Ray Douglas, chief of the narcotics division, is too successful, too outspoken. When he criticizes the decisions of his superiors once too often he is summarily exiled to South America, his career broken, as liaison with the DEA there, a job that doesn't exist. Reporter Jane Fox, meanwhile begs her superiors to send her there. Colombia is a place of bombings, kidnappings and murderous traffickers richer than the government. Too dangerous

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Escaping from prison after being sentenced for drug charges, twenty-five-year-old David Slaney adopts numerous guises to avoid a ruthless detective while searching for his former drug-dealing partner.

John Milton, a former British assassin, has been trying to erase the bad memories of his recent jobs. He eventually appears in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where he is drawn into a vicious battle with narco-gangs that control the borderlands. He saves the life of an idealistic journalist and tries to keep her safe until he can smuggle her into Texas where she will be safe. It is a race to beat the assassin Santa Muerta (Saint Death) who is trailing them....