What drives people to commit murder? I wrestled with the question as a law enforcement officer, and now continue to do so as a crime writer. According to the CDC, over 26,000 homicides occurred in the US in 2022. It’s not the highest year on record, which was 1991, but the rate has been trending…
Blood's Echo by Isabella Maldonado is the 1st in a new series featuring Phoenix detective Veranda Cruz, who is dead set on taking down the Villalobos Cartel—however, the ruthlessness of her quarry demands a ruthless edge of her own. Detective Veranda Cruz leads an elite task force on the Phoenix Police Drug Enforcement Bureau. Bartolo Villalobos…
Isabella Maldonado, author of Blood's Echo and a police officer for 22 years, discusses the shifting perception of women on the police force in both fiction and real life. Read this exclusive guest post, and then make sure to sign in and comment below for a chance to win the 1st Veranda Cruz Mystery! I confess…
