Tequila Blue
Language: English
Pages: 186
ISBN: 1904738044
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
“Both a scathing and picaresque comedy, a biting and spicy concoction. Just like tequila.”—Le Monde
It’s not easy being a cop in Mexico City. Meet Carlito, a police detective with a complicated life. A wife, a mistress, children by both. He resorts to money laundering and arms dealing to finance his police activity. The money for justice must be found somewhere.
The corpse in the hotel room is that of a gringo with a weakness for blue movies. Carlito’s maverick investigation leads him into a labyrinth of gang wars and corrupt politicians.
Rolo Diez, born in Argentina, was imprisoned for two years during the military dictatorship. He now lives in Mexico City, where he works as a novelist and screenwriter.
even pay your taxes! In case you didn’t know it, asshole, in this country you have to pay taxes whenever you do business!” You could say a lot of things about the Cuban. But no one could ever accuse him of being slow on the uptake. “Perhaps there’s some way of coming to a reasonable arrangement?” he said wearily. The stage was set. I spoke the prologue. “I’ve got a murder case to solve,” I said. “I’ve got more things to attend to, and my family is waiting for me for dinner. I’ll walk to the
like to be somewhere else, staring at some other ugly mug, doing something else altogether, you’re in the game now, and there’s no quitting. “Get dressed and bring your ID,” I said, seeing Cruz was wearing pyjama trousers and a filthy T-shirt. “You’re coming with me. Once you’re safely inside we’ll give your brother-in-law and your godfather a call.” Cruz grunted and stared at me, itching for a fight. I moved my hand to my waist and lifted my gun an inch out of its holster. He stood up. I
people who ordered the death of three kamikazes threatening the bureaucratic dream in the Jones case. If I know this, it’s because there’s money in it. I know what’s going on, so I can see that, for now at least, Estela Lopez de Jones is the key to unravelling a story of filthy money and violence. We reach the place. Everything is as it should be. Which would be terrible if it weren’t so comprehensible. The Oaxacan maid comes to the door as usual, asks “Who is it?” and lets us in. Her mistress
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trance. The dwarfs pull a mattress out from under the table. They lay Snow White down on it and start undressing her. Chapter two Lourdes woke me at eight with a beer and a sour look that I had no intention of responding to. I twisted and turned in the bed until I was more or less upright and could take the first swig. “I went to bed at four,” I told her. “This beer is warm. I don’t want it frozen, but it should be cold. I’ve told you a thousand times.” Lourdes is the only person in the world