Carmen’s latest release!

Paranormal romance novel Awakening Macbeth

AWAKENING MACBETH

“Suspenseful, page-turning paranormal romance” – Kirkus Reviews

When university professor Brodie Macbeth begins to read her way through her late father’s library, the books induce time-traveling nightmares unlike any dreams she’s ever had before.

Daytime brings a different danger when she falls for Joe Birnam, a veteran of the Iraq War. He’s the man of her dreams, but her father’s legacy could claim Joe’s very soul.

Mystery Author

Carmen Amato

There’s a piece of my 30-year CIA career in everything I write.

Expect mysteries and thrillers with complex plots, layers of deception, and relationships with heat.

In the Detective Emilia Cruz mystery series, you'll go on a gripping journey through Mexico's drug war. Based on my own counterdrug experience, it's a place where loyalty is for sale but violence comes cheap.

There’s more action and drama in my standalone contemporary thrillers and the historical Galliano Club series, inspired by my grandfather who was a deputy sheriff in New York during Prohibition.

mystery author Carmen Amato

I spy mystery ahead

Books by Carmen

DETECTIVE EMILIA CRUZ SERIES

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Detective Emilia Cruz,Carmen Amato,mystery author
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Detective Emilia Cruz,Carmen Amato,mystery author
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GALLIANO CLUB

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