Publisher's Synopsis
A religious relic propels the award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz series into a labyrinth created by a brutal and bewildering crime.
"A thrilling series." -- National Public Radio
Emilia Cruz, the first female police detective in Acapulco, finds an unusual object from Mexico's long-ago Cristero War. It's a possible clue to a kidnapping as well as an unwelcome reminder of a painful episode from Emilia's past. At the same time, a dead body hidden aboard a cruise ship serves as a warning that more drug war violence is coming to Acapulco's already murderous streets.
As an annoying rookie police detective tags along, Emilia wonders if the relic and the dead man are connected. Secrets and murder hide in the night as she follows a gruesome trail to the horrifying truth.
People will buy and sell literally anything. Anything.
Can Emilia stop the carnage?
* Grab your copy today! * Acapulco, once the glittering playground of Hollywood's Rat Pack, now has the highest homicide rate in Mexico. Loaded with intrigue and action, the Detective Emilia Cruz series takes on cartels, corruption and social inequality.This is El Chapo's Mexico. Being a cop there isn't exactly a walk on the beach.
Readers who love police procedural series by Ian Rankin, Jo Nesbo, Ann Cleeves, Peter May, and Jussi Adler-Olsen, as well as Don Winslow's cartel and border thrillers set in Mexico, also love Detective Emilia Cruz's complex plots, fast action, pulse-pounding suspense, and exotic location.
"Carmen Amato knows how to bring Acapulco to life . . . Emilia is definitely a character that is close to my heart." - Mystery Sequels
"Amato brings her characters to life with her vivid writing style and sets them on the streets of a Mexico steeped in Catholicism and corruption . . . A unique and gripping mystery novel." - OnlineBookClub.org
2020 and 2019 Poison Cup awards for Outstanding Series -- CrimeMasters of America
