The Queen of the South
by Arturo Pérez-Reverteliterary work· published 2011
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The Queen of the South (Spanish: La reina del sur) is a 2002 novel by the Spanish writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte. It is about a Mexican woman, Teresa Mendoza, who ends up as an international drug lord. Telemundo produced a Spanish-language television series of the same name, based on the novel. With a budget of 10 million US dollars, it was Telemundo's most expensive TV series at the time of its premiere in 2011. The second season was launched in April 2019. USA Network made an English-language adaptation for television, Queen of the South (2016–2021).
Adaptations (1)
The Queen of the South was adapted into a 2016 television series.
Queen of the South2016 · television series · 42 min · IMDb ↗IMDb8.0Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
