Regret is a little word that lasts forever... Most homicide detectives remember their first case. For Detective Luca, it was the second one that scarred him. A runner stumbles upon a girl in a park. Dragged off a jogging path, the teenager is dead. Luca’s ten years on the force did nothing to blunt the image of the kid's leaf covered body. He pledged to solve the brutal murder, believing it would help him unsee what he witnessed. But Luca was wrong, dead wrong. It wasn't the picture of the murdered teenager that would end up haunting him, but something else. Something that would frame everything going forward. It made Luca wish life had a rewind button. *This is a novella, a shorter read*
A smuggler stays one step ahead of the law until he's forced to choose between life behind bars or certain death for betraying his ruthless boss. As the 1970's melt into the 80's, Staten Island is loaded with gangsters and wannabes. It's where Tommy, a world-class schemer, smuggles to earn the money he squanders. The Italian gang he's with joins forces with a ruthless Russian, who takes command, enlarging the enterprise. The expansion catches the attention of an ambitious DA, who is about to run for Mayor and despite the intensifying heat, the gang ups the stakes. The DA, embarrassed by botched opportunities to lock up the Russian, obsessively pursues a way to shut down their activities, amping up the risk. Complicit Witness is Dan Petrosini's third published novel.
Breaking the law to protect your family seems reasonable, until its not.Detective Luca's life is shattered when he's accused of a revenge killing.A corpse turns up and it doesn't look good for Luca. The body belongs to someone who harassed his precious Mary Ann, and the circumstances of death point a grisly finger at Luca. Suspicion spreads quickly that he has morphed into a killer and he's black balled.But Luca's problems don't end there. While he scrambles to prove his innocence in the murder case, a mortal enemy is on the loose and has him in his cross hairs. Its a vicious serial killer he once put behind bars, a psychopath hell-bent on revenge. Luca has nowhere to turn for help. With the department closing in one side and an escaped serial killer on the other, Luca is left on his own to clear his name and capture the escapee before he gets to Luca.Failure means he loses his freedom - or his life.
It was the most beautiful house on the lake. When a girl's remains are found on the property Bill Miller seems to know something. For ten years, there had been whispers about what happened to the girl. What whas he hiding? Her case wasn't Luca's priority. Between his sick wife and The Park Shore Murder, his plate was full. The press was all over it and he needed to find out who murdered the innocent woman relaxing in her backyard. Worth millions, but without any known enemies, what was the motive? Was it mistaken identity? Or something sinister? Those thoughts danced through his head as he tried to get a handle on what thappened to the girl. He shouldn't be focused on her, with the other murder unsolved, but he couldn't help it. Something was off. It didn't add up. If he could just figure out what that something was, Luca's gut said the rest would fall into place. Will Luca see through fog and lies?
Regret is a little word that lasts forever... Most homicide detectives remember their first case. For Detective Luca, it was the second one that scarred him. A runner stumbles upon a girl in a park. Dragged off a jogging path, the teenager is dead. Luca’s ten years on the force did nothing to blunt the image of the kid's leaf covered body. He pledged to solve the brutal murder, believing it would help him unsee what he witnessed. But Luca was wrong, dead wrong. It wasn't the picture of the murdered teenager that would end up haunting him, but something else. Something that would frame everything going forward. It made Luca wish life had a rewind button. *This is a novella, a shorter read*
This book is a update on the Knight men in the Family. 2014 is the year and we all are in hot pursuit of our Individual dreams but we have not forgot that we are still a family no matter how far away we are still One. This is a reminder that love has no boundaries so reach out to all your loved ones in whatever shape form or fashion you can. Love transcends all boundaries.
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