Kiss the Detective by Élmer Mendoza - ISBN: 9781529403992
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To save his son, a detective crosses the deadliest cartel.

Kiss the Detective

A Lefty Mendieta Investigation (Book 4)

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    13 July 2021

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Summary

An intelligent, atmospheric police procedural series for fans of John Le Carre 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. …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529403992
ISBN-10:1529403995
Author:Élmer Mendoza, Mark Fried
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:MacLehose Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:13 July 2021
Weight:220g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 28mm
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Critics Review

The literary representative of modern-day Mexico in its narco-incarnation … The most important thing that’s happened in Mexican literature in the last thirty years.

One of the biggest names in Mexican literature … A true novelist . . . No-one has captured the exciting and passionate nature of the Mexican vernacular like him. – Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
If you are fed up with formulaic noir novels and looking for something fresher, Élmer Mendoza … could be the answer. – John Dugdale * Sunday Times. *

About The Author

Élmer Mendoza

Elmer Mendoza was born in Culiacan, Mexico in 1949. He is a professor and author, widely regarded as the founder of ‘narco-lit’, which explores drug trafficking and corruption in Latin America. He won the Jose Fuentes Mares National Literary Prize for Janis Joplin’s Lover, and the Tusquets Prize for Silver Bullets.

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