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Who Killed Joe Italiano?

By: Al Lamanda

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A private investigator looking to relax on vacation instead finds his next case in this suspenseful mystery from a Nero Award–winning author. On a much-needed vacation with his daughter Regan and close friend Oz in Puerto Rico, private investigator John Bekker finds his vacation cut short by murder. Unable to sleep on a hot night, Bekker steps out for some fresh air on his hotel balcony overlooking Luquillo Beach. He sees a man smoking a cigarette down on the sidewalk. After a few minutes, a second man joins the smoker. They speak for a few seconds and then walk down to the beach and into darkness… The next morning, dozens of cops are on the beach, and the newspaper tells of the murder of a man named Joe Italiano. Bekker decides to tell the police what he saw, but soon finds himself assisting with the investigation. Now Bekker must uncover who exactly was Joe Italiano and why anyone would want to kill him. But if he gets to close to the truth, someone might send him on a permanent vacation… Praise for With 6 You Get Wally “Lamanda tickles the funny bone and touches the heart strings….[An] entertaining yarn.”—Publishers Weekly

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194833822X

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9781948338226

Messenger

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Messenger

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Sinner or Saint? That's the question on everyone's mind that comes in contact with the mysterious stranger and lives to talk about it. The stranger is a killing machine who appears to pick his victims at random, but really uses a very select process to make his choice. And he can't be stopped. Not by the police, the FBI or the special task force chasing him across the countryside. And the more he kills, the stronger he grows. Moving at breakneck speed, Messenger races to its shocking conclusion and the final twist will leave the reader breathless. This is Horror/Suspense at its finest.

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1481996444

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9781481996440

Key West Takedown

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Key West Takedown

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Retired on a disability pension after being shot in the hip, FBI agent Duncan Wyatt is bored to tears after making a full recovery. His hum-drum existence comes to an abrupt end when he is recruited by ATF to work undercover in the Florida Keys. A Keys native, Wyatt not only knows the territory, but the target of their investigation, his high school sweetheart of twenty-five years ago, Katherine Wolfe.Wealthy Miami based industrialist Xavier Estes, a first generation born Cuban has long been suspected of gun smuggling to Cuban rebels by ATF. His suspected accomplice is Keys resident Katherine Wolfe and her sons. Once Wyatt shows up in the Keys, the pot is stirred and the fun begins.Kate's right hand man is Walter, Wyatt's father and a small-time, bitter criminal. Walter hates Wyatt with a passion and would just as soon shoot him as spit. Kate, while cynical of Wyatt's sudden appearance in the Keys also finds the old spark of their high school days and tries to bed him. Wyatt, in the midst of the investigation somehow finds himself involved with a local stripper named Lo-Lo Del Ray that may or may not be his undoing. Estes, ever suspicious of everything decides to take matters into his own hands and sends a team of hit men to the Keys to kill everybody.Key West Takedown is filled with twists, turns, surprises, sex and humor and is a page turner to the end. Start to finish it is one hell of a fun read.

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1500671789

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9781500671785

Dunston Falls

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Dunston Falls

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1959. Dunston Falls, Maine loses all outside contact during an ice storm. Are the gruesome murders committed by a serial killer ... or are they part of a military conspiracy involving brainwashing and chemical agents?

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232

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Five Star Trade

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1594145865

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9781594145865

With Six You Get Wally

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With Six You Get Wally

By: Al Lamanda

Winner of the 2017 Nero Award for best mystery. Wally Sample is a degenerate gambler who owes money to every major casino and loan sharks everywhere. He is also the youngest heir to the Sample Iced Tea Corporation and upon his fortieth birthday, if he can prove to the courts that he is cured of his gambling addiction, will take his place as the sixth controlling member of the iced-tea giant. Problem is, a month short of turning forty, Wally's gambling habit is worse than ever. In desperation, he turns to Frank Kagan, the family attorney who decades ago prepared the will for Wally's deceased father and founder of Sample Iced Tea. Kagan calls on his old friend John Bekker for help, asking Bekker to babysit Wally and prevent him from gambling for thirty days in order to meet the court's requirements. The assignment proves tougher than anyone imagined, but Bekker is determined to clean Wally up at all costs―even if it means facing down a killer. Racing the clock until Wally's court appearance, Bekker finds himself in the middle of corporate greed and scandal and a deadly murder investigation, while trying to stay one step ahead of a crazed would-be killer who will definitely try again. And everything rests upon the very narrow shoulders of Wally Sample, who wants nothing more out of life than to find a winning scratch ticket and beat the odds.

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1948338297

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9781948338295

First Light

By: Al Lamanda

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First Light

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John Bekker returns in First Light to face the toughest challenge of his career. Hired by a man dying of cancer to locate the baby girl he gave up for adoption forty years ago, Bekker discovers the baby wasn't adopted but sold to a New York couple named Gertz. They named the child Sarah, and Sarah Gertz disappeared without a trace twelve years ago in Washington DC. Bekker uncovers evidence linking Sarah Gertz to the powerful Senator Oliver Koch, who is the next candidate for Vice-President. Twelve years ago, Koch and Sarah had an affair that left her pregnant. Bekker is convinced Koch had her murdered, but unless he can prove it, a murderer will be in the White House.

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1948338270

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9781948338271

Jack

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Jack

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Jack is a little boy with a big secret. He's a true telekinetic. Guarded by the US Secret Service round the clock, Jack lives alone with his mother Jennifer in a secret location known only to a few. So it was thought. A leak puts Jack and Jennifer, in grave danger, and aided by Secret Service Agent Ryan Dunn, they are forced to flee and go into hiding. With unknown killers stalking their every move, Dunn is willing to risk his life to save Jack and his mother, but Jack has other ideas. This is a page turner with an ending that will shock you and leave you breathless.

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1481912925

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9781481912921

Just Another Day in the Life

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Just Another Day in the Life

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It's an all out mob war in The Bronx. When seven million dollars disappears from a Las Vegas casino, the number one suspect is a mid-level Vegas mobster named Anthony. The problem is Anthony has vanished without a trace along with the money. Casino owner, a powerful mob boss named Viny Boots calls upon the highly regarded skills of organization hit man Michael DeSousa to track down Anthony and bring the stolen cash home. This takes Michael back to the Bronx in New York City where he and Anthony grew up in the legendary section known as Little Italy. Once in the neighborhood of his roots, Michael begins to track down Anthony's movements by visiting old friends and his childhood sweetheart Caroline. Even though Michael hasn't been home in twenty years he is still deeply in love with her and her with him. As the trail to Anthony heats up, so does Michael's rekindled romance with Caroline. When he finally does catch up with Anthony, Michael is shocked to learn that Anthony stole the money to escape the mob and run away with his longtime girlfriend from The Bronx. Michael is left with little choice. In order to satisfy the mob he must kill Anthony and return the stolen money to Viny and in doing so Michael knows he will lose the only woman he has ever loved and his own soul. The choice is simple. Money or love

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1481982311

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9781481982313

Who Killed Joe Italiano?

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194833822X

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Sunset

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Sunset

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Nominated for the Edgar Award for best Mystery of 2012. Police Detective John Bekker had it all: a beautiful wife, a five-year old daughter and a job he loved...but all of that changed in the blink of an eye. Assigned to a special task force investigating organized crime, Bekker got a little too close to mob boss Eddie Crist. As a message to back off, Bekker's home is invaded, his wife murdered and all this witnessed by his five-year-old daughter. A decade later Bekker, a drunk with an institutionalized daughter, comes face to face with Eddie Crist, now near death from cancer with a final wish -- to go to his grave with a clear conscience. In an ironic twist of fate, the man Bekker believed responsible for his wife's death hires him to solve the decade-old murder. The outcome leaves everyone breathless.

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1948338254

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Who Killed Joe Italiano?

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With Six You Get Wally

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