Barracuda Bay

<p class=ql-align-center><strong>Political corruption turns Acapulco's first female police detective into a fugitive on the run . . . in Washington DC.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>A thrilling series -- National Public Radio</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p>When Detective Emilia Cruz finds the body of a young woman brutally murdered in a derelict building she's shocked to learn that the victim is the sister of Acapulco's ambitious mayor who is running for re-election.</p><p></p><p>Emilia suspects the murder is a case of femicide by the victim's estranged boyfriend. But the crime scene itself is a clue she can't overlook. The building was once used for a secret Mexican government operation targeting a ruthless drug lord.</p><p></p><p>But before Emilia can arrest her prime suspect she is sent on an errand of mercy to Washington DC. </p><p></p><p>It's a trap. </p><p></p><p>After witnessing a second murder Emilia becomes a fugitive in a foreign land. Frightened alone and hunted by killers masquerading as cops she only has her wits to survive a deadly game of political intrigue on the wrong side of the border.</p><p></p><p>From Acapulco's beaches to the streets of Washington DC the stakes couldn't be higher in this electrifying page-turning thriller.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>2019 and 2020 Poison Cup award Outstanding Series - CrimeMasters of America</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Emilia is a character who is close to my heart - MysterySequels</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>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 - OnlineBookClub.org</em></strong></p><p></p><p>With unflinching authenticity from the author's own espionage and counterdrug experience in Mexico and Central America this is a female police detective mystery series like no other.</p><p>The Detective Emilia Cruz series is for fans of international mystery and crime by Ian Rankin Jo Nesbo Ann Cleeves Donna Leon and Liza Marklund plus the Department Q series by Jussi Adler-Olsen. Fans of Don Winslow's cartel and border thrillers set in Mexico love the plots torn from the headlines of the Detective Emilia Cruz police series set in Acapulco.</p>