The Hidden Light of Mexico City

Author and cultural blogger Carmen Amato pits the classic Cinderella story against Mexican government corruption and drug cartel violence in The Hidden Light of Mexico City. This political thriller’s exposé of Mexico’s rigid class society is a must-read before America’s next debate over immigration.

Mexico is fighting for its future. Thousands have been killed in the country’s war against the drug cartels and there is no end in sight. A second war is being waged in the kitchens of the elite of Mexico City; a silent class war with its own impact on the country.

In The Hidden Light of Mexico City, attorney Eddo Cortez Castillo’s unexpected relationship with housemaid Luz de Maria Alba Mora becomes a dangerous vulnerability when he investigates links between the Minister for Public Security and Mexico’s most elusive drug cartel leader. But what Eddo doesn’t know is that Luz is trapped at the bottom of Mexico’s social ladder, where broken dreams and family poverty have brought her to the breaking point.

As presidential elections near, Eddo’s investigation will uncover a political double-cross fueled by drug money. He’ll follow the money trail deep into the underworld of Mexico’s drug culture, where violence buys loyalty, votes are for sale, the odds are against survival, and only a woman whose name means Light of Mary can guide him out.

With real characters, passion for the place, and brutal truth pulled from today’s headlines, The Hidden Light of Mexico City illuminates the fight for Mexico’s future.