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El Zurdo Mendieta deberá atraparlo, pero muy pronto descubrirá que se trata probablemente de uno de los rivales más poderosos y desalmados que ha enfrentado en su carrera de detective.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Por si las cosas no fueran lo suficientemente difíciles, el Zurdo tiene una misión paralela: encontrar al antiguo amor de un empresario moribundo. Ricardo Favela, de ochenta y seis años, está en el hospital y las médicos le clan una semana de vida. Su áltimo deseo es volver a ver a la  mujer  con  quien vivió un intenso amorío hace veintidós años. Pero ni siquiera sabe su nombre.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Samantha Valdés,  jefa del cartel del Pacífico y amiga del Zurdo, decide ayudarlo porque sabe de quién se trata. El Siciliano se ha convertido en una amenaza implacable. ¿Qué resultará de esta alianza contra un enemigo común? El Zurdo Mendieta está en una carrera contra ese reloj infalible que es la muerte, a la que ahora verá de frente.  ¿Hallará  al viejo amorío de Favela? Quizás usted tenga que encontrar la última pista.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Perhaps I should consider Hamlet's query: to be or not to be, that is the question.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Sebastian Salcido, alias the Sicilian, is free after spending more than twenty years in prison. He is the leader of a ruthless group of ex-military now dedicated to drug trafficking. Far from gaining any type of remorse in prison, he now fiercely seeks revenge on the former police chief who managed to get him arrested. Lefty Mendieta is in charge of catching him this time, but he will soon discover that the Sicilian is probably one of the most powerful and heartless rivals he has faced in his entire detective career.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As if things weren't difficult enough, Lefty has a parallel assignment: to find an old love interest of a dying businessman. Ricardo Favela, eighty-six years old, whose last wish is to see the woman with whom he had an intense love affair twenty-two years ago. But he doesn't even know her name.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Sicilian has become a relentless threat. Lefty Mendieta is in a race against that unfailing clock that is death, which he will soon face head on. Will he manage to find Favela's old love affair? 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