Counterattack

by Frank Scarpetta

Don Benito Borghese held Louisiana in a death grip. No illegal activity - murder, robbery, prostitution, dope peddling - took place without his sanction. Brutal, rich, crude and powerful, Borghese was planning the biggest coup of his career - smuggling $650 million worth of heroin into New Orleans. Since he had half the police and politicians on his payroll, he thought it would be a snap. But he hadn't counted on the shipment being hi-jacked by The Marksman.

Summoning the enormous power at his command, Borghese launched a blistering counterattack to recover the smack and wipe-out The Marksman. But Magellan, a cruelly efficient killing machine, crazed for revenge, cut up the organisation like so much bloody meat.

182 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1974

Reviews

[Jure · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm far from being an expert in men's adventure novels (come to think of it - I'm not an expert on any kind of novels) but I'm 100% positive that something is definitely wrong with this one. Doesn't feel like a finished product at all, it's more like a bare manuscript that author would pitch to a publisher and then complete quickly after an approval. While having a drink or two probably.

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