King Peso - Carmen Amato

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Résumé :
Is Acapulco's first female police detective the next target of a ruthless cop killer? It's a serial killer thriller with a spicy Mexican twist. A thrilling series. -- National Public Radio Someone is killing law enforcement officers who worked with Detective Emilia Cruz. When her partner's wife becomes the victim of a brutal home invasion, Emilia suspects that her partner was the intended target of the notorious El Trio killer. Instead of leading the investigation, Emilia is unexpectedly reassigned to the mayor's pet project. The new all-female patrol unit is a disorganized disaster that Emilia must whip into shape, forcing her to watch from the sidelines as the police fumble the El Trio investigation and send her partner to jail. Amid the chaos, Emilia begins to question everything she thought she knew, including her police career and future with boyfriend Kurt Rucker. In a beautiful city driven to its knees by drug lords, corruption and rampant violence, Emilia will gamble it all to find the truth. Her courage will be tested like never before. Yours, too. After a 30 year career as a CIA intelligence officer, Carmen Amato writes mystery crime fiction loaded with intrigue and action. Readers who love police drama books by Ian Rankin, Jo Nesbo, Ann Cleeves, Peter May, as well as the Department Q murder mystery series and 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. With unflinching authenticity drawn from the author's own counterdrug experiences in Mexico and Central America, this is a female police detective mystery series like no other. 2019 and 2020 Outstanding Series award -- CrimeMasters of America Danger and betrayal never more than a few pages away. -- Kirkus Reviews ...

Biographie:
After 30 years with the Central Intelligence Agency, author Carmen Amato uses her background to craft intrigue-filled crime fiction that keeps you guessing until the very end. Originally from upstate New York, her experiences in Mexico and Central America ignited her fiction career. Her Detective Emilia Cruz police procedural series is a two-time winner of the Outstanding Series award from CrimeMasters of America and the first novel in her Galliano Club historical fiction thriller series was awarded the 2023 Silver Falchion award. Amato is a recipient of both the National Intelligence Award and the Career Intelligence Medal. Find out more at carmenamato.net.

Sommaire:
Carmen Amato is the author of the Detective Emilia Cryz mystery series pitting the first female police detective in Acapulco against Mexico's cartels, corruption, and social inequality. Starting with Cliff Diver, the series is a 2-time winner of the Outstanding Series award from CrimeMasters of America and was hailed by National Public Radio as A thrilling series.Inspired by the real-life exploits of her grandfather Joseph Sestito, who was a deputy sheriff in upstate New York during Prohibition, Carmen also created the award-winning Galliano Club historical fiction series. Her standalone thrillers include The Hidden Light of Mexico City, which was longlisted for the 2020 Millennium Book Award. A 30-year veteran of the CIA where she focused on technical collection and counterdrug efforts, Carmen is a recipient of both the National Intelligence Award and the Career Intelligence Medal. Carmen has been a judge for the BookLife Prize and Killer Nashville's Claymore Award. Her work has appeared in Huffpost, Criminal Element, Publishers Weekly, and other national publications. She writes the popular Mystery Ahead newsletter on Substack....