Cocaine, The Gulf Connection

Cocaine, the Gulf Connection is not

about cocaine gangs and shoot

outs in Mexican border towns,

but rather it details the complex workings

of a sophisticated smuggling operation that

has gone unknown to the Mexican and U.S.

governments for thirteen years. The success of

the smuggling operation comes from a high

degree of compartmentalization, which allows

no chance for any one piece of the Company

to betray another. Yes, the smugglers think of

themselves as a Company.

Retired FBI agent Nicholas Able is hired to

consult in locating the source of Cocaine for

what the FBI thanks is a large Houston Texas

drug distribution network. The trail starts at

a local bar off Galveston Bay and grows to a

network that covers all of the Texas Gulf Coast

and into Tampico Mexico.

Mr. McDonald has produced a plot that is

intricate and nonstop. The logic and detailed

detective work descriptions are fascinating

and an interagency battle for control of the

case between the DEA and FBI adds to the

drama. The book is not a Who done it, thats

known from the outset. Cocaine, The Gulf

Connection is about finding the bad guys and

then bringing them down.