The Colombian Mule

Description

When Colombian Arias Cuevas is caught trying to smuggle drugs through Venice airport, his fear isn't about prison. He's more frightened of his aunt - it was her coke he took off with. To avoid her wrath, he promptly confesses to the police. The cops set up a sting to find out who was to be the recipient, and art smuggler Nazzareno Corradi falls 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 afraid - the aunt, La Tia, has left a bloody trail in her wake.

Massimo Carlotto was born in Padua, Italy. In addition to the many titles in his extremely popular "Alligator" series, he is also the author of The Fugitive, Death's Dark Abyss, Poisonville, Bandit Love, and At the End of a Dull Day. One of Italy's most popular authors and a major exponent of the Mediterranean Noir novel, Carlotto has been compared with many of the most important American hardboiled crime writers.

Praise for Massimo Carlotto "Massimo Carlotto has a history as riveting as any novel." --Chicago Tribune "Carlotto is the reigning king of Mediterranean noir." --The Boston Phoenix "In hardboiled fiction, there is this hardcore Italian guy I suggest: Massimo Carlotto. Tough as fuck." --Guillermo del Toro, Director "Carlotto's taut, broody Mediterranean noir is filled with blind corners and savage set pieces. Pellegrini's deeds are unquestionably loathsome, but his witty Machiavellian perspective, amplified by a class rage well attuned to the current Italian zeitgeist, makes you root for him all the same." --The New Yorker "The best living Italian crime writer." --Il Manifesto "Carlotto [...] provides a machine-gun pace, a jaundiced eye for political corruption and a refreshing absence of anything approaching a moral vision." --Kirkus Reviews "[Carlotto's] narration allows gruesome glimpses into an unscrupulous psyche." --Publishers Weekly -Massimo Carlotto has a history as riveting as any novel.- --Chicago Tribune -Carlotto is the reigning king of Mediterranean noir.- --The Boston Phoenix -The best living Italian crime writer.- -- Il Manifesto "Massimo Carlotto has a history as riveting as any novel." --Chicago Tribune "Carlotto is the reigning king of Mediterranean noir." --The Boston Phoenix "The best living Italian crime writer." -- Il Manifesto