is the riveting introduction to the award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz police procedural mystery series. Torn from today's headlines, these five stories show you what it takes to survive as an honest cop in Mexico. This is the Acapulco tourists never see. These are the stories of those fighting to reclaim their country from the cartels. A 30-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, author Carmen Amato delivers a unique blend of masterful storytelling and an unforgettable woman who will become your new favorite crime fighter. With unflinching authenticity from the author's own counterdrug experience in Mexico and Central America, this is a female police detective mystery series like no other. 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 will also want to read the Detective Emilia Cruz police series.