Death in the Baja, A San Amaro Mystery (Book One)

Julia Garcia is the first woman sergeant in the San Amaro State Police. She is also the most educated officer on the force, with aspirations of someday becoming the station comandante. But solving petty robberies and domestic disputes isn't getting her closer to her goal. And her male superior officers don't have much time for females in their ranks.

When an ex-pat American resident of Julia's small Baja town on the shores of the Sea of Cortez goes missing on a desert hike with friends, Julia's fluency in English brings her into the high-profile case. As the search for the missing woman goes on, Julia suspects something more sinister has happened. She must use her wits and her training to separate truth from lies. Is she strong enough to follow her instincts and intuition to discover what really happened that day?