by Isabella Maldonado “Three seventy Charlie, respond to a complaint of a naked female running down Route fifty.” The dispatcher’s voice cut through the relative calm of a crisp Spring evening in the suburbs of the nation’s capital where I was a rookie on patrol with...
Critically acclaimed author Isabella Maldonado retired as a police captain, served as a hostage negotiator, and ended her career as the Commander of Special Investigations and Forensics. Her Detective Veranda Cruz series has been named a Best First Book and among the...
Huge thank you to Book Riot for rating PHOENIX BURNING as one of the best 25 suspense books of 2108. In this fascinating article, Sarah S. Davis lays out her case for a spectacular list of novels that she says “reflect the best of the genre today.” This...
So excited that BLOOD’S ECHO, the first book in the Detective Cruz mystery/thriller series, received the 2018 Mariposa Award for Best First Novel. The award was announced at the 20th Annual International Latino Book Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on September...
Mystery Scene magazine features PHOENIX BURNING, the second book in the Detective Cruz mystery/thriller series. A fabulous review by author Betty Webb is below, with spoilers deleted for those who haven’t read the award-winning first book, BLOOD’S ECHO: Police...
“In Maldonado’s breathless sequel to 2017’s Blood’s Echo, Phoenix, Ariz., homicide detective Veranda Cruz continues her obsessive crusade to take down the Villalobos cartel, a Mexican criminal dynasty led by its ruthless and sadistic patriarch, Hector “El Lobo”...
Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club just announced a baker’s dozen literary works of all genres for their 2017 Summer Reading List. Blood’s Echo was listed at number 3! I’m very humbled and honored to be included in such a prestigious group of...
From the March/April edition of Suspense Magazine: “In her debut novel Maldonado pulls from her personal experience as a former cop to provide readers with a highly entertaining police procedural—a thriller with more than a touch of reality, pulled from today’s...
