A riveting thriller that shines a light on the hot-button issues of immigration and drug smuggling across the US-Mexican border by ex-CIA officer Carmen Amato.
On the eve of presidential elections, Eduardo Cortez Castillo, the Mexican government’s top anti-corruption investigator, discovers a disturbing link between the Secretary of Public Security and a powerful cartel kingpin known as El Toro. The money trail leads him to messages embedded in an election website, a scheme trafficking drugs and children over the Mexican border, and secret meetings in Panama.
While he is helped by s secret brotherhood of cops sworn to be incorruptible, Eduardo has an exploitable vulnerability the cartel soon discovers: he’s in love with a woman from the opposite end of Mexico’s rigid social spectrum.
As his corruption investigation becomes increasingly dangerous, she is caught in the spiral of violence. Eduardo faces stark choices as he tries to prevent the cartel from buying the Mexican presidency with help from within.
“Enthralling political drama” – Literary Fiction Review.
Perfect for fans of Don Winslow, Jeffrey Archer and Vince Flynn..