Books

Chasing Elusive Truths: Psychological thriller (TRUTH thriller series Book 4)

Once again Detective Karl Dieter and Lindsay Riccardi, Ph.D. Psychologist, are pulled into a series of avenues that must eventually lead to the truth.
Dieter’s Captain Grover is at the center of a political issue causing eyes to re-evaluate his career. He is asked to move to the Commissioner’s Office where scrutiny is hell bent on his dismissal.
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A Killer’s TRUTH Laid Bare: TRUTH thriller series

Ph.D. Psychologist, Lindsay Riccardi and NYC Detective Karl Dieter are flying away on their inherited private jet plane when a cell phone call to Karl alerts him that his police partner, MJ McClure has been shot. Their plane is turned around in seconds from moments of joy into sky high anxiety.
McClure was shot in an upscale restaurant by a...

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Publish and Perish

Money laundering is not like laundering clothes – it is dirty work attempting to clean money earned illegally.
Investigative journalist Robert Reynold’s busy life changes abruptly on a rainy day when Police Officer Paula Carpozi stops to help him as his car is stalled in a huge puddle. Their relationship grows amidst burgeoning moments embedded...

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Mystery in Rio

In this sequel to The Crossover Mystery, Jessica sees a small boat bobbing in the ocean as she is hang gliding from a mountain in Rio de Janeiro. She is overwhelmed by the sight of two men dressed in yellow shirts who dump a heavy bag into the ocean - reminiscent of the day she and David saw a man dump a body in the Sound on Long Island, New...

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Red Hook, Brooklyn

Alan, Richie and Johnny-Boy, ten-years-old all, share friendship, adventures and life in the Red Hook Housing Projects in 1953.
The trio enjoy idyllic summer days playing in Coffey Park, (games like Johnny-on-the pony, marbles and more) … working to make enough money to see the Brooklyn, Dodgers … exploring their world … building friendships that...

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Far from the Truth

From the series: TRUTH Series

Andrew Riccardi is murdered while snorkeling on his honeymoon in St. John, US Virgin Island with the woman he cheated former wife Lindsay. Newlywed Collette Riccardi fears that she is next and escapes to NYC seeking Lindsay and Detective Karl Dieter’s help finding Andrew’s killers.
As the investigation begins so does the widening circle of events...

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If Truth Be Told (TRUTH thriller series Book 2)

Not everything is at it seems for NYC Detective Karl Dieter. Lindsay Riccardi, PhD and Detective Karl Dieter are reunited in a murder case that began on the NYC street adjoining The Twin Towers at the moment of the attack on September 11th. One traumatic event in the life of the victim causes dominoes to fall creating a trail of deceit,...

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little secrets, BIG LIES (TRUTH thriller series Book 1)

Lindsay Riccardi, PhD, NYC clinical psychologist, has been having a bum year and it’s about to get worse.

Her husband left for another woman and Lindsay was the last to know. Since that fateful day, and after sleepless and lonely nights aplenty she developed a relationship with a handsome hunk of a jazz piano player who is much more than he...

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The Crossover Mystery

David Flanders wants a little terror in his life. So he is ready for a break from the humdrum rigors of his ninth grade honors classes. Spending Spring vacation at the family’s cottage on Long Island Sound seems the perfect solution, especially after David meets spunky Jessie Nordvig.

But the idyllic days end suddenly when David and Jessie spot...

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