Author:
Bruce Porter
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Learn moreSnatched is the electric tale by the New York Times bestselling author of Blow, Bruce Porter, that tells the true story of a woman caught between two worlds, with her life dangling in the balance.
Raised an aristocrat in Colombia and educated in European schools, Pilar transfixes everyone with her charm and her guile. She also falls for dangerous men and finds herself drawn into the highest levels of the cocaine trade.
After two failed marriages and a harrowing escape from the drug life, she settles down to a quiet existence in Florida with her childrenโuntil her second husband tries to cut short his prison term by giving her name over to members of a new task force being formed by the DEA. They induce Pilar, now a middle-aged woman, to infiltrate the Cali cartel as the head of a vast money-laundering sting.
Named Operation Princess, the scheme leads to the seizure of tens of millions of dollars, along with some $500 million worth of cocaine and the exposure of hundreds of high-level traffickers, becoming one of the most daring and successful stings in DEA history.
But Pilar plays her part too well. Her success as a money launderer gets her kidnapped and then ransomed by a band of guerrillas in South Americaโand the United States government refuses to negotiate. Itโs left to her low-level handlers in the DEA to get her back before her kidnappers discover they have a federal agent in their clutches.
Bruce Porter is a former writer for Newsweek and a professor at the Columbia Journalism School. He has written for the Washington Post, New York Times Magazine, Playboy, and Rolling Stone, as well as dozens of other magazines and newspapers. Porterโs first book, Blow, was a bestselling New York Times Notable Book and was made into a major motion picture. He lives in New York City.
Roxanne Hernandezย has worked as a voice artist since the early 1990s. Recording in both English and Spanish, her works include Beacon Street Girls Special Adventure by Annie Bryant, Hell or High Water by Joy Castro, Slackonomics by Lisa Chamberlain, and Naomi and Elyโs No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their twins.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Roxanne Hernandez
ISBN:
9781504736633
Length:
13 hours 11 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
April 19, 2016
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
โThis amazing true story could have been written for the big screenโฆAn exciting readโฆThis entertaining and sad story of a woman doing what she has to in order to protect her family will satisfy fans of Blow, Donnie Brasco, and true crime stories.โ
โIn Porterโs hands, Pilarโs story will easily hook readers from start to finish; the book reads like an action-packed movie script.โ
โAn engaging, improbable true-crime tale that underscores the grandiose futility of the drug war.โ
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