Series by Carmen Amato ,
There are 9 books in the Detective Emilia Cruz series. The newest book is Barracuda Bay which came out in 2025.
Acapulco’s first female police detective dives into an ocean of secrets, lies, and murder when she investigates her own lieutenant’s death.
In this explosive start to the award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz mystery series set in Acapulco, Emilia beat the odds to become the resort city's first female police detective. But…
The first female police detective in Acapulco battles her own worst fears as she hunts for both a violent arsonist and a missing girl.
Detective Emilia Cruz has big problems.
Her new lieutenant is a drunk. Her partner doesn't want to work with a woman. Her new romance with hotel…
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…
Acapulco’s first female police detective feels the wrath of a voodoo-like cult in a riveting thriller that takes the award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz series into dangerously uncharted cartel territory.
"A thrilling series." -- National Public RadioIn Acapulco's remote Coyuca Lagoon, where Stallone filmed Rambo, Emilia and her partner find…
The award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz series delivers a heart-stopping alternative history novel as Acapulco’s first female police detective confronts Mexico’s most notorious true crime.
"A thrilling series." – National Public RadioEmilia finds herself in Mexico City, part of a national task force examining the disappearance of 43 college students…
Driven to the edge by her own secrets, can the first female police detective in Acapulco give Russian collusion a dose of Mexican justice?
"A thrilling series." – National Public RadioDetective Emilia Cruz is back in Acapulco after surviving a deadly cartel ambush, only to witness a brutal home…
A bitter past drives Acapulco’s first female police detective into a Hollywood film starring lies and murder when she goes undercover to catch a killer. As the camera rolls, Detective Emilia Cruz will face her toughest case yet.
After witnessing the execution-style murder of a taxi driver, Emilia replaces him…
Political corruption turns Acapulco's first female police detective into a fugitive on the run . . . in Washington DC.
"A thrilling series" -- National Public Radio
