Pérez-Reverte's bestseller about the Mexican drug war. When the phone rings, Teresa Mendoza knows they want to kill her. Until that moment, she lived a carefree life in the sun of Culiacán, always by the side of her boyfriend, who flew cocaine across the border for the Juárez cartel. But now he is dead, and Teresa must disappear with whatever she can stuff into a bag from her old life. Otherwise, she will be lying next to other corpses in the Mexican desert by tomorrow. A years-long flight begins, and Teresa transforms from the innocent beauty of the province into a woman whom everyone fears. Queen of the South is a fast-paced thriller about the rise of a relentless woman. In an overwhelming way, Arturo Pérez-Reverte brings the dark reality of Mexico to life. And in the end, it is a page-turner about violence, longing, and despair.