Mafia Fix - Destroyer, Bk 4 Author:Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir A Horse Race- That's what it was. The horse was from Turkey. Big horse. Very valuable. Coming into the U.S. from Marseilles. The word had leaked out, a lot of devotees were awaiting the arrival of the splendid white beast. — what kind of horse was this? A beast worth more than its weight in gold? Experts recognized it as diacetylmorphine. Aficion... more »ados of the sport called it heroin.
In nickel glassine bags the diluted stuff went for $5. Once in a while a few slices would slip into the country - at about $15,000 per slice. Very profitable, very beastly.
But that's small stuff. This race was the big one. Biggest ever. Imagine 50 tons of heroin - four trailer trucks full!
New Jersey was interested. The White House was interested. So was the United Nations. And of course, the Mafia.
Ok, the Destroyer was interested, too. Gonna be one helluva horse race!« less