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Finalist for the Silver Falchion Award for Best Procedural from the 2018 Killer Nashville International Writer's Conference.
43 MISSING is based on the true events of September 2014, when 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers College went missing in Iguala, Guerrero after an altercation with local police.
Given the choice between resigning from the squadroom in Acapulco or taking a new assignment, Detective Emilia Cruz finds herself on a national task force examining Mexico's most notorious crime.
After 18 months and three previous investigations, the task force is the Mexican government's last attempt to discover what happened to 43 students who disappeared after being seized by police in a small southern city.
Comprised of cops from across Mexico, the task force lacks technical tools, organized case files, and reliable witnesses. It's a perfect scenario for failure.
Despite its problems, the task force gives Emilia the opportunity to search for the rapist and murderer known as El Acolito, with whom she has an agonizing family tie. Digging into his past life in Mexico City, she'll learn a shocking truth about the man she's determined to kill.
As the task force turns up confusing new leads, a diplomat from the United States embassy offers Emilia $50,000 to end the investigation. The money could shift Emilia's hunt for El Acolito into high gear.
But is the diplomat really who he claims to be?
Does it matter?
When the task force heads to the scene of the crime, Emilia knows her loyalty, conscience, and very future will be put to the test.
PRAISE FOR THE DETECTIVE EMILIA CRUZ SERIES
Cliff Diver
"Consistently exciting." - Kirkus Reviews
Hat Dance
"Emilia. . . is a force to be reckoned with." - MysterySequels.com
Diablo Nights
"Amato's unique setting, realistic characters, and intriguing plot set her apart." - OnlineBookClub.org
King Peso
"Danger and betrayal never more than a few pages away." - Kirkus Reviews
Get all the DETECTIVE EMILIA CRUZ SERIES novels:
Cliff Diver
Hat Dance
Diablo Nights
King Peso
Pacific Reaper
43 Missing
Made in Acapulco
Genre: Mystery
43 MISSING is based on the true events of September 2014, when 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers College went missing in Iguala, Guerrero after an altercation with local police.
Given the choice between resigning from the squadroom in Acapulco or taking a new assignment, Detective Emilia Cruz finds herself on a national task force examining Mexico's most notorious crime.
After 18 months and three previous investigations, the task force is the Mexican government's last attempt to discover what happened to 43 students who disappeared after being seized by police in a small southern city.
Comprised of cops from across Mexico, the task force lacks technical tools, organized case files, and reliable witnesses. It's a perfect scenario for failure.
Despite its problems, the task force gives Emilia the opportunity to search for the rapist and murderer known as El Acolito, with whom she has an agonizing family tie. Digging into his past life in Mexico City, she'll learn a shocking truth about the man she's determined to kill.
As the task force turns up confusing new leads, a diplomat from the United States embassy offers Emilia $50,000 to end the investigation. The money could shift Emilia's hunt for El Acolito into high gear.
But is the diplomat really who he claims to be?
Does it matter?
When the task force heads to the scene of the crime, Emilia knows her loyalty, conscience, and very future will be put to the test.
PRAISE FOR THE DETECTIVE EMILIA CRUZ SERIES
Cliff Diver
"Consistently exciting." - Kirkus Reviews
Hat Dance
"Emilia. . . is a force to be reckoned with." - MysterySequels.com
Diablo Nights
"Amato's unique setting, realistic characters, and intriguing plot set her apart." - OnlineBookClub.org
King Peso
"Danger and betrayal never more than a few pages away." - Kirkus Reviews
Get all the DETECTIVE EMILIA CRUZ SERIES novels:
Cliff Diver
Hat Dance
Diablo Nights
King Peso
Pacific Reaper
43 Missing
Made in Acapulco
Genre: Mystery
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