Ireland's top crime journalist traces the flood of cocaine into Ireland and those behind its unprecedented growth. From the first smugglers and their adventures on the high seas to the modern-day Instagram-loving gangsters, COCAINE COWBOYS weaves an intricate tale where high society and the criminal underworld collide.

'An insightful and explosive exposé' - Stephen Breen, author of The Cartel and The Hitmen

Ireland's top crime journalist traces the flood of cocaine into Ireland and those behind its unprecedented growth. From the first smugglers and their adventures on the high seas to the modern-day Instagram-loving gangsters, COCAINE COWBOYS weaves an intricate tale where high society and the criminal underworld collide.

COCAINE COWBOYS tells the story of Ireland's love affair with cocaine since it first washed ashore on Cork's rugged coast to the billion-euro trade it has become. From Ireland's first cocaine lord and his attempts to establish a direct route from Miami to Dublin to the modern-day violence that led to the brutal dismemberment of teenager Keane Mulready Woods, the book will follow the stories and the increasing chaos that has engulfed those desperate for a slice of this modern day gold rush. Along the way it details how cocaine has woven bonds between high society and the underworld, tracing the deal that killed the model Katy French and detailing how the Kinahan Cartel and Ireland's one time richest and most influential family joined forces to wash dirty money. COCAINE COWBOYS is the definitive tale of the rise of Colombia's most famous export to become the drug of a nation.

"'Another absolute page turner from Ireland's finest journalist'" - journalist and author of Cocaine Wars.

"'An insightful and explosive exposé of Ireland's cocaine epidemic and the drug lords who fuelled it. Nicola Tallant is one of Europe's most respected crime journalists who has been at the very top of her game for years. Cocaine Cowboys is the definitive account of a boomtime which turned street dealers into billionaires'" - author of The Cartel and The Hitmen

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'Nicola Tallant joins the dots and follows the trail of white lines from the jungle labs of south America to the dinner tables of middle Ireland. Cocaine Cowboys tells the global success story of Ireland's own narcos.
How they hit the big time, and how they unravelled the fabric of our communities and society as they created a wild west drug frontier right here at home'