Crime Fiction Files
Carmen AmatoCIA veteran Carmen Amato takes you behind her high-stakes crime fiction, including the award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz police series set in Acapulco.
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Move Over, Bond. Acapulco’s Finest Just Crashed the Espionage Party.
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As a 30-year CIA veteran now writing fiction, the most frequently asked questions I get are: “Why don’t you write spy fiction?” and “Isn’t it hard to write police thrillers because of today’s technology...
12 Years of Old Lies and Lost Clues
Shoes are the symbol of the missing. Photo by M Sides Imagery via Pexels
This month is the 12th anniversary of the mass disappearance that inspired me to write 43 MISSING, the 6th Detective Emilia Cruz thriller. After years of shoddy inves...
2 crime fiction authors + math = a higher than expected body count
Jane Harvey-Berrick (DEAD WATER, etc) and I looked at numbers for homicides in Cornwall and cartel recruitment in Mexico.
A good conversation, despite the grim topic.
From our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@A2BCrimeConversati...
When September Breaks Your Heart
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I associate good things with September and the start of the fall season. I got engaged in the fall, had both children in the fall, and love starting writing projects in the fall.
Joanna Gaines called...
My avocado toast tastes like gunpowder
Welcome to the Crime Fiction Files. I’m CIA veteran Carmen Amato, sharing the encounters, experiences and current events behind my crime fiction thrillers, including the award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz police series set in Acapulco.
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30-year CIA veteran turning my experience into thrillers so you can share the IRL danger & deception | DRAGON CARTEL out now | "A thrilling series" - NPR
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