AJ Conti had been a confident California homicide detective until his last suspect murdered his girlfriend minutes before he arrived. After months on administrative leave battling flashbacks of her murder, Detective AJ Conti searches for peace visiting relatives in Rumo, Italy. He befriends the newest of three local Carabinieri as a chemistry builds between AJ and a local coffee shop owner. Shorthanded from recent terrorist bombings, the Carabinieri bring AJ in as a consultant after a second dead girls body surfaces. AJ meets his cousin's daughter, Marina, and when one of the bodies turns out to be her best friend, Marina follows the man she believes is the killer to gather evidence before going to the Carabinieri. When she witnesses his brutal attack on another woman, Marina sends a text to AJ before the phone goes dead. Left with few clues AJ is forced to trust his instincts before history repeats itself.

Rumor of Death: An AJ Conti Novel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Bacca, James A.

Mystery

Luminare Press, LLC

AJ Conti and his friend narrowly escape death from a drive-by shooting orchestrated by a band of rogue cops. AJ travels to Albuquerque to help an old friend, District Court Judge Mac McDunn. Mac received threatening notes telling him to quash a civil rights trial against the city surrounding the beating of a man by Albuquerque police officers. The last note blamed Mac for the plaintiff's death after Mac ruled in his favor. Shortly after, the attorney for the plaintiff was also murdered.A group of rogue cops nicknamed "The Syndicate" execute a fellow officer close to exposing them, along with torturing and killing several witnesses and drug dealers. Even a city councilwoman and federal agents become targets.After the drive-by shooting, AJ realizes force is his only option. Dismantling The Syndicate one member at a time proves risky? and dangerous.

Syndicate of Death: An AJ Conti Novel

Luminare Press

When gunfire erupts during his pre-dawn run, AJ Conti finds himself ambushed by private insurgents. Despite being wounded, he kills one of the attackers and retrieves his cell phone. Kenny Love, AJ's long-time friend and a former high-tech detective, is in danger. Kenny's new employer, A-Ray Corporation, is under attack-one person at a time. The wife of the CEO of A-Ray's only competing corporation provides a hit list to retired Lt. Colonel Harbaugh, whose legitimate private investigations company, PIs, is a cover for private insurgent subversive activities. AJ deduces the link between bodies found in different jurisdictions that agencies fail to see. With Kenny's understanding of and access to high-tech equipment, they have a chance to level the playing field. The race is on to find the remaining insurgents before becoming casualties.

PIs: An AJ Conti Novel

A danger from the past, a killer on the loose. Can AJ Conti move fast enough to prevent the loss of more innocent lives?\nYoung boys are missing from rural areas of New Mexico. Albuquerque Detective Sara Gray, believes they may be linked, but has no jurisdiction. AJ agrees to look into it, then soon learns of a missing man whose best friend, a prominent architect, Tommy Chacon, was the last to see him. 
After AJ discovers a windowless building with a steel door in Chacon’s backyard, clues that point to buried bodies emerge. Then Sara Gray’s nephew is kidnapped. 
Closing in on a killer, AJ is unaware of the lurking danger from his past. A private insurgent who has a score to settle inserts himself into the game, manipulating Chacon, the investigators, and even AJ’s recently adopted daughter.\nCasualty of Innocence hits hard with action from its initial stages. A smart and crisp novel. —Pacific Book Review\nA swirling and sinister story of child trafficking, murder, dangerous manipulators, and the lengths we go to protect those we love…timely and powerful. —Self-Publishing Review

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