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Very entertaining crime thriller from Carmen Amato. Set in Acapulco, Mexico, Emilia Cruz has to navigate sexism, corruption in her own police department, a sour new partner, a missing girl, and a whole set of firebombings of high-end restaurants.
Emilia's tough, but what I like is that she isn't some superwoman who saves the day because everything she witnesses is water off a duck's back. Nah, the sexism, her mum's wandering mind, the city's violence all has an effect on her. They press down on h ...more
Emilia's tough, but what I like is that she isn't some superwoman who saves the day because everything she witnesses is water off a duck's back. Nah, the sexism, her mum's wandering mind, the city's violence all has an effect on her. They press down on h ...more
Unfortunately I haven't read the first book in this exciting series set in Mexico, but it didn't matter as this is a standalone thriller of epic proportions. I am going to read the first book though if only to find out what happened to Rico.
Emilia Cruz is a kick ass cop with a complicated love life. The book is well balanced in that the romance part of the story doesn't distract the reader from the real crime in the slightest.
Emilia is on a date with her US boyfriend Kurt who has just asked her ...more
Apr 11, 2017
Darlena Falcone
marked it as to-read
