The Colombian Connection

Iyona Matsuda

The Author: Alan Mc Lean

Genre: Adventure

Date started: Mar 4^th

Dare finished: Mar 7^th

About this story:

An English writer, Kay, goes to New York. She comes to New York to write about cocaine. When she comes back to her hotel from the National Drugs Council (NDC), she meets a man, Frank, and he gives her a paper. That paper says a man will wait for her at a bar tonight and he has important news about cocaine.

She goes to the bar and meets the man. His name is Andy and he works in the drug trade. He says that if she gives some money to him, he will give some information to her. She decides that she will give some money to him and will get information. They make a promise that they will meet in her room the next day and do the swap.

However, the next day, Andy is dead. Frank said to her that Andy was killed by a drug cartel because he had dealings with her. Frank gives the book Andy would have given to her. In the book there is information about a cocaine business and the business is in Colombia. She decides she to go to Colombia.

Following her plan, she sits next a woman. Her name is Marisol and her husband manages a big coffee farm. Marisol invites her to come to her farm.

During her stay, Kay notices that the coffee farm has a cocaine farm. One night, she searches the cocaine farm but she is by found by a man who defends the cocaine farm every day. But, the man is Frank! Frank says to her that he works at the cocaine farm but to tell the truth, he gives some information about cocaine to the NDC. The day, the cocaine manager (Marisol’s husband) has dealings with a buyer, Frank calls the NDC and the cocaine producers are arrested.

Responding to the book:

I learned that New York is the center of the cocaine trade and thousands of people are killed by cocaine in a day. It is so awful.

I also think that an encounter with someone is so important and may change my life.

I like this book because in this book, there are a lot of pictures. I could read it enjoyably.