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Zusatztext A fast-paced thriller that rings true to the real story behind the political posturing over the drug war! illegal immigration and border security. Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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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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
