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Triple Crossing

Triple Crossing

by SebastianRotella (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

    $3.28
Synopsis

Mulholland Books presents...TRIPLE CROSSING The US-Mexico border is a smuggler's paradise. For Valentine Pescatore, a US border agent trying to hold back the tide of drugs, money, guns and people, it feels more like hell. But when he gets in trouble and is recruited by federal investigator Isabel Puente to go undercover, he realises things can always get worse. In Tijuana, Mexican anti-corruption chief Leo Mendez has made enemies on both sides of the law. Pescatore could be an ally. But in a world built on lies, how does anyone know who to trust? As violence escalates, the answer comes in bloodshed and betrayal.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: Mulholland Books
Published: 16 Aug 2012
ISBN 10: 1444727532
ISBN 13: 9781444727531
Book Overview: A gritty thriller set in the criminal underworld along the U.S.-Mexico border - and a young cop going undercover to bring down the cartel.

Media Reviews
An astonishingly impressive debut from an investigative journalist with a sharp eye for the duplicity that stalks the border between the U.S. and Mexico...a taut, lean and satisfying thriller that lingers in your mind long after you've finished it. * Daily Mail *
Rotella is an expert on the vicious anarchy of Mexican crime and politics...His balance of intimate storytelling and operatic scale is stunning. * Daily Telegraph *
One of the most accomplished first novels I have ever read...full of dangers, deep characters and a story writ on a grand scale...an important piece of work from an author whose voice should be heard * Michael Connelly *
Employs a journalist's sharp eye and a novelist's deft touch to give us a rich portrait of the sights, smells, sounds, beauties and dangers of life south of the border...honest and engrossing * Washington Post *
A fast-paced thriller that rings true to the real story behind the political posturing over the drug war, illegal immigration and border security. * Kirkus Reviews *
Author Bio
Sebastian Rotella is an author and award-winning senior reporter for Propublica, covering issues including international terrorism, organized crime, homeland security and immigration. Previously he spent 23 years working for the Los Angeles Times. He was a Pulitzer finalist in international reporting in 2006. He is also the author of Twilight on the Line: Underworlds and Politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border.