{"product_id":"9781681442877","title":"The Acid Test","description":"\u003cbr\u003eWhen the mutilated body of Mayra Cabral de Melo, a well-known stripper,  is found by the side of a dusty road, detective Edgar \"Lefty\" Mendieta  has personal reasons for bringing the culprit to justice. Mayra had no  shortage of ardent, deluded, and downright dangerous admirers, and Lefty  himself is haunted by one steamy night he spent in her generous  company. So begins an investigation that will bring him ever closer to  the murderous world of the \u003ci\u003enarcos\u003c\/i\u003e, who are waging a war of bloody attrition against the Mexican state. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe  country is a powder keg, waiting for a spark, and Mendieta is about to  enter the darkest days of his life. Corrupt politicians, failed boxers,  and unscrupulous arms dealers all lie in wait along the path to justice.  But none of this can prepare him for his run-in with the FBI, when the  father of the president of the United States is attacked while on  vacation in Mexico. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor all these perils it is the weight of his  own murky past that Lefty finds hardest to bear. And as he scratches  around for clues, faced with a gallery of suspects who all have a motive  and none of whom is a stranger to the dark arts of murder, the  reappearance of Samantha Valdés, now the boss of the Cartel del  Pacífico, adds one more jagged piece to an already unsolvable puzzle.","brand":"Quercus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139693789424,"sku":"9781681442877","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681442877_p0.jpg?v=1763693703","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681442877","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}