Silver bullets
/ Élmer Mendoza ; translated from the Spanish by Mark Fried.
- 222 p. ; 22 cm
It's just another day at the office for detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta, who has been abandoned by the woman he loves, continues to be demoralized by his city's ubiquitous corruption, and is in dire need of some psychotherapy. Amidst these pressures, he catches the case of a high-powered lawyer with a double life. Mendieta scrambles to floow several leads, which take him from glitzy mansions to drug dens.
Translated from the Spanish to English.
Winner of the Prestigious Tusquets Prize for Best Crime Novel.