Turning the Tide: One Man Against the Medellin Cartel - Softcover

Kirkpatrick, Sidney D.; Abrahams, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451403177 ISBN 13: 9780451403179

Publisher: Onyx, 1992

Synopsis

A suspenseful account of the college professor who brought down a Colombian drug lord reveals how one man armed with a .357 Magnum took a very big bite out of crime. By the author of A Cast of Killers. Original. K.

About this title

From Library Journal:

This is a fast-paced, novelistic account of a series of confrontations between marine research scientist Richard Novak and Medellin drug runner Carlos Lehder on the Bahamian island of Norman's Cay. While Novak played a courageous part in the investigation of Lehder, it is hyperbole for the publisher to claim that he "brought a ruthless cocaine kingpin to justice." Lehder was not arrested until years later. Also, the description of some of Novak's exploits seem exaggerated when compared to the version of the same events related in Paul Eddy's Cocaine Wars ( LJ 7/88). The latter book or Guy Gugliotta's Kings of Cocaine ( LJ 5/1/89) provide a better picture of the Columbian drug cartel. Still, this book will appeal to readers seeking an action-packed story.
- Gregor A. Preston, Univ. of California Lib., Davis
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

American professor Richard Novak, an unlikely and unlikable hero studying hammerhead sharks in the Bahamas, confronts and helps capture Carlos Lehder of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel. Photos.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Onyx
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0451403177
• ISBN 13: 9780451403179
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320