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Vuelve el maestro de la novela policiaca mexicana con una nueva entrega del icónico Zurdo Mendieta.El patriarca de la literatura policial en México.Arturo Pérez-ReverteSebastián Salcido, alias el Siciliano, está libre después de pasar más de dos décadas en prisión. Es el líder de un despiadado grupo de exmilitares dedicados al narcotráfico. Lejos de suavizarse en la cárcel, ahora busca con ferocidad vengarse del excomandante de la policía que consiguiera arrestarlo. El Zurdo Mendieta deberá atraparlo, pero muy pronto descubrirá que se trata probablemente de uno de los rivales más poderosos y desalmados que ha enfrentado en su carrera de detective.Por si las cosas no fueran lo suficientemente difíciles, el Zurdo tiene una misión paralela: encontrar al antiguo amor de un empresario moribundo. Ricardo Favela, de ochenta y seis años, está en el hospital y los médicos le dan una semana de vida. Su último deseo es volver a ver a l

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Con apenas dieciocho años, el Capi Garay debe idear un plan para reunir cuatro millones de dólares en tres días después de recibir una llamada amenazadora: han secuestrado a su padre. Es el momento de demostrar a los demás y a sí mismo que no es un adolescente inútil. Al emprender su viaje a Xilitla para probar suerte como negociador, halla El misterio de la orquídea calavera en la biblioteca de un hotel. En sus páginas descubre la fascinante historia de Edward James y de cómo fundó Las Pozas, un parque surrealista en la selva mexicana. El Capi vivirá el goce de ver que la ficción cobra vida cuando una enigmática orquídea se hace presente en su viaje. Entre el padre secuestrado, el misterio de Las Pozas, la vida de James y unas severas alergias que no le dan tregua, el Capi comprenderá que resolver problemas reales conlleva inesperadas complicaciones.

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Perfect for fans of Mick Herron and John Le Carré"The most important thing that's happened in Mexican literature in the last thirty years" Gaby Wood, Sunday Telegraph.It's Christmas in Culiacán and Detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta can't believe his luck. An old flame has returned with a teenage son he knew nothing about. Happiness seems to finally beckon for our careworn hero. The only snag is that Jason Mendieta wants to follow in his father's footsteps-even as Mexico's drug war descends a slippery slope toward chaos.While Lefty pursues a lunatic who has taken to bumping off dentists with a heavy-calibre pistol, a secret agent infiltrates a meeting of the drug lords and hears Pacific Cartel boss Samantha Valdés implore her underlings to stay out of the war. But an audacious murder provokes Samantha to change her mind and launch a wave of grisly killings across the country.Samantha then persuades Lefty to help her find the killer that pushed her over the edge. The truth he discovers will underline an old adage: revenge is a dish best served cold. No quiet family Christmas for our detective.

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For Detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta, tormented by past heartbreak and dismayed by all-pervasive corruption, the murder of lawyer Bruno Canizales represents just another day at the office in Culiacán, Mexico's capital of narco-crime.There is no shortage of suspects in a city where it's hard to tell the gangsters from the politicians. Canizales was the son of a former government minister and the lover of a drug lord's daughter, and he nurtured a penchant for cross-dressing and edgy sex. But why did the assassin use a silver bullet? And why, six days later, did he apparently strike again? Mendieta's hunt for the killer takes him from mansions to low-life bars, from gumshoe reporters to glamourous transsexuals. Unearthing the truth can be as dangerous as any drug.

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Egdar "Lefty" Mendieta investigates the death of a notorious stripper in this second sweltering "Narco-lit" noir from the Godfather of Mexican crime fictionAn intelligent, atmospheric police procedural series for fans of John Le Carré and Mick HeronWhen the mutilated body of Mayra Cabral de Melo is found in a dusty field, Detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta has personal reasons for bringing the culprit to justice. Mayra, a well-known stripper, had no shortage of ardent, deluded and downright dangerous admirers, and Lefty himself is haunted by the night he spent in her company.As Mexico's drug war ramps up, Lefty's pursuit of a gallery of jealous and powerful suspects, all with a murderous glint in their eye, leads him to Samantha Valdés, the godfather's daughter, who is battling to retain her father's empire. And as the mystery deepens, the bodycount rises.

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When the mutilated body of Mayra Cabral de Melo is found in a dusty field, Detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta has personal reasons for bringing the culprit to justice. Mayra, a well-known stripper, had no shortage of ardent, deluded and downright dangerous admirers, and Lefty himself is haunted by the night he spent in her company.As Mexico's drug war ramps up, Lefty's pursuit of a gallery of jealous and powerful suspects, all with a murderous glint in their eye, leads him to Samantha Valdés, the godfather's daughter, who is battling to retain her father's empire. And as the mystery deepens, the bodycount rises.

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An intelligent, atmospheric police procedural series for fans of John Le Carré and Mick Heron"The most important thing that's happened in Mexican literature in the last thirty years" Gaby Wood, Sunday Telegraph.Detective Lefty Mendieta makes a deal with the devil in a gripping new novel from the Godfather of Narco Lit Short of leads on the execution-style murder of a fortune-teller, Detective Lefty Mendieta turns to his contacts in the drug underworld. They oblige, but there is a quid pro quo: Help Samantha Valdés, head of the Pacific Cartel, slip through the net of Mexican army and federal police encircling the hospital where she is recovering after an attempt on her life. Grudgingly he agrees, but then gets caught on camera during the escape and becomes headline news.Fired from the force and on the run from the Feds, Lefty again seeks Samantha's help when he learns that his son Jason has been kidnapped in Los Angeles. There, he must come to terms with the woman who broke his heart, while contending with a thicket of conspiracies, feints and double-crosses that further blur the distinction between crime and the law. Betrayal is certain. To save his son, who will Lefty sell out?Translated from the Spanish by Mark Fried

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