Leonardo Quiroga has it all: a good position in one of the best law firms in Mexico and an enviable family life. But not everything is as it seems.

In "El plazo" (The deadline), José Neptuno Martínez takes us to the basements of power in Mexico. Money laundering? Influence peddling? Drug trafficking? "El plazo" (The deadline) is a kamikaze novel in which we have all the ingredients to discover the invisible pipes of tax evasion. A kind of "Law and order" with tax lawyers – cannibals of commissions – and a draconian tax office ready for anything. How far can you go for a bill of more than 420 million pesos? How far, to avoid descending into the hell of unemployment or, in the best of cases, ending up haggling over two-for-one divorces? There are dreams that end in nightmares... this may be one of them.