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The acid test / Élmer Mendoza. ; translated from the Spanish by Mark Fried.

Title: The acid test / Élmer Mendoza. ; translated from the Spanish by Mark Fried.
Author: Mendoza, Élmer
Publication: London : MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus Editions Ltd, 2016.

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Fried, Mark

Description

284 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"When the mutilated body of Mayra Cabral de Melo, a well-known stripper, is found by the side of a dusty road, detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta has personal reasons for bringing the culprit to justice. Mayra had no shortage of ardent, deluded, and downright dangerous admirers, and Lefty himself is haunted by one steamy night he spent in her generous company. So begins an investigation that will bring him ever closer to the murderous world of the narcos, who are waging a war of bloody attrition against the Mexican state. The country is a powder keg, waiting for a spark, and Mendieta is about to enter the darkest days of his life. Corrupt politicians, failed boxers, and unscrupulous arms dealers all lie in wait along the path to justice. But none of this can prepare him for his run-in with the F.B.I., when the father of the President of the United States is attacked while on vacation in Mexico. For all these perils it is the weight of his own murky past that Lefty finds hardest to bear. And as he scratches around for clues, faced with a gallery of suspects who all have a motive and none of whom is a stranger to the dark arts of murder, the reappearance of Samantha Valdés, now the boss of the Cartel del Pacífico, adds one more jagged piece to an already unsolvable puzzle"--
"Detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta investigates the death of a notorious stripper in this second sweltering noir from the Godfather of Mexican Narco-lit"--

Series Statement

A Lefty Mendieta novel ; 2

Uniform Title

Prueba del ácido. English

Alternative Title

Prueba del ácido.

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"First published in the Spanish language as La Prueba del Acido by Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, in 2011. First published in the United States by Quercus in 2016" -- Verso title page.

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^^2016039141

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