Andrew Lycett

An exposé of drug smuggling and terrorism reads like a first-rate thriller

In 2015, a dedicated DEA agent pursues a Mafia capo involved in a vast cocaine shipment, a Hezbollah militia leader and an elaborate Middle Eastern arms-trafficking ring

A Hezbollah supporter carries a photograph of the military commander Mustafa Badreddine, killed in Damascus in 2016. [Alamy]
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    The Bridge Street Press, pp. 338, £25

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