Pacific Reaper: An Emilia Cruz Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781545118108)

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 Radio

In Acapulco's remote Coyuca Lagoon, where Stallone filmed Rambo, Emilia and her partner find a dead man sacrificed to Santa Muerte, Mexico's forbidden saint of death. Known as the Skeleton Saint, Santa Muerte is often worshiped by drug cartels.

By invoking Santa Muerte, the killer's message of intimidation was clear. But who was the message for?

The answer comes when a rival gang strikes back, displaying macabre crimes on city billboards. Gang warfare erupts and Acapulco's streets run red with blood.

As Emilia investigates, everyone close to her has a brush with death.

Bad luck? Or has Emilia been cursed by the Skeleton Saint?

When Emilia goes undercover as a worshipper on the eve of the Day of the Dead, she'll find out the unholy truth.

And so will you.

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Acapulco, once the glittering playground of Hollywood's Rat Pack, now has the highest homicide rate in Mexico, thanks to gangster warlords like El Chapo. The Detective Emilia Cruz series takes on cartels, corruption and social inequality. It's not just a walk on the beach . . .

After a 30 year career as a CIA intelligence officer, Carmen Amato writes mysteries and thrillers loaded with intrigue and action. Readers who love police procedural series by Ian Rankin, Jo Nesbo, Ann Cleeves, Peter May, as well as the Department Q novels 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.

2020 Poison Cup award, Outstanding Series -- CrimeMasters of America

"Carmen Amato has created a compelling, complex, well-rounded and durable character . . . PACIFIC REAPER is a great read and a great reason to pick up the other books in Amato's Emilia Cruz series." -- Jim Nesbitt, author of the Ed Earl Burch detective series.

Author: Carmen Amato
ISBN-10: 1545118108
ISBN-13: 9781545118108
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2017
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.67d

About the Author
In addition to romantic thrillers, Carmen Amato is the author of the Detective Emilia Cruz mystery novels set in Acapulco and recently optioned for television. Originally from New York, her travels around the world inspire many of her books. Visit her website at carmenamato.net and follow her on Twitter @CarmenConnects.