{"product_id":"queen-of-the-south-9780452286542","title":"Queen of the South","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe international bestseller that inspired the must-watch drama on USA Network starring Alice Braga as Teresa Mendoza. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \"master of the intellectual thriller\" Arturo Pérez-Reverte, a remarkable tale, spanning decades and continents--from the dusty streets of Mexico to the sparkling waters off the coast of Morocco, to the Strait of Gibraltar and Spain--in a story encompassing sensuality and cruelty, love and betrayal, and life and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTeresa Mendoza's boyfriend is a drug smuggler who the narcos of Sinaloa, Mexico, call \"the king of the short runway,\" because he can get a plane full of coke off the ground in three hundred yards. But in a ruthless business, life can be short, and Teresa even has a special cell phone that Guero gave her along with a dark warning. If that phone rings, it means he's dead, and she'd better run, because they're coming for her next. Then the call comes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn order to survive, she will have to say goodbye to the old Teresa, an innocent girl who once entrusted her life to a pinche narco smuggler. She will have to find inside herself a woman who is tough enough to inhabit a world as ugly and dangerous as that of the narcos-a woman she never before knew existed. Indeed, the woman who emerges will surprise even those who know her legend, that of the Queen of the South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArturo Pérez-Reverte\u003c\/b\u003e's novels have captivated readers around the world and earned him a reputation as \"the master of the intellectual thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). Originally a war correspondent, he now writes fiction full-time. His novels include the Captain Alatriste series, \u003ci\u003eThe Flanders Panel, The Club Dumas, The Fencing Master, The Seville Communion, The Nautical Chart, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of the South\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat We Become\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been published in fifty countries.He is a member of the Spanish Royal Academy. He lives near Madrid, Spain.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Plume Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669021659410,"sku":"9780452286542","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c8c6e45-cb8f-43f5-a5fe-b70377d61b1d.jpg?v=1733754660","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/queen-of-the-south-9780452286542","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}