Rocío used to be beautiful, long ago, but now she is forced to hide half of her face behind a mask. She becomes the unwitting inspiration for a robbery, planned by two of her friends plan against Don Jorge Illescas’ organization, hoping to use the proceedings to pay for reconstructive plastic surgery for Rocío. Don Jorge is a prestigious, wealthy entrepreneur –often seen in the company of Tania, a cultured art dealer—whose secret dirty deals have made him countless enemies. When Don Jorge disappears, El Chino, a brutal, deathly ill goon, is given the mission of finding him. In the course of that mission, he will come face to face with Rocío. Of Tigers and Gazelles is a narrative feast full of plot twists that never cease to astonish the reader, an explosive mashup of The Maltese Falcon and Death Proof.