Books by Don Rizzo

A seemingly professional burglary in New York City's jewelry district propels Michael O'Shea into a tangled web of murder involving a series of burglaries in the seemingly quiet tourist suburban town of Sunset Cove, Florida. He is pitted against the wiles of the Sunset Cove police department, led by Chief John Lawson, who has more than sufficient reason to believe Michael is behind the killings, and at least some of the burglaries. And Lawson is not afraid to color outside the box to get good results. Michael is assisted by a strange and attractive woman named Nicki Fontaine who is much more than she seems. Can Michael, assisted by Nicki, find the real killer before John Lawson sends him to a Florida prison for life or someone else kills him first?

Michael O'Shea is a professional thief, descended from a long line of professional thieves. A seemingly simple, well-prepared heist in the jewelry district goes slightly awry, and propels him into a heist for hire in Sunset Cove, Florida. He is enlisted to restore a painting stolen by his new employer's daughter and her drug dealing boyfriend, who are not aware it hides something of very high value. But a killer is also burglarizing homes and condominiums in Florida, and has targeted the condominium occupied by the daughter of Michael's new employer. The killer strikes almost on the heels of Michael's burglary, and kills the daughter of Michael's employer, leaving Michael as the logical suspect in her death. Michael must find and expose real killer before he is caught, and perhaps killed, by the police, his employer, or the mob-connected father of another of the killer's victims. And before long, the killer is stalking him as well. But a chance meeting with Nicki Fontaine may offer his only hope of survival.