Books in the A Luca Mystery series

When the first girl goes missing......his initial lead is the perfect lie.Is this a grand cover-up or a rush to judgment?With 20 years on the force, Detective Luca has seen much. A rape case and a missing girl investigation land on his desk. Both cases have brought more questions than answers. The rapist has remained at large, but he's sure they can track him down. The real mystery lies with the missing teenage girl.Derrick thinks they're cut and dried.Luca knows he's wrong.The friction between the two of them is a distraction. Luca is sure of one thing; if he doesn't get to the bottom of the missing girl, he might not find her alive.The clock ticks.You'll love this new Detective Luca mystery because it's a twisted mix of suspects and deception that will keep you guessing until the end.*You can enter the Luca Mystery Series with any book. Start now.

When a detective second-guesses his gut, he'll have to get creative to catch the killer.Luca worries cancer and divorce have dulled his razor-sharp instincts. So the detective is relieved when his next murder case seems like a no-brainer.When the wealthy victim is found dead in her private-island home, the gold-digging husband seems like the obvious killer.As Luca digs deeper and follows the clues, however, he uncovers a whole new line-up of possible suspects. No longer able to rely on his gut feelings, Luca puts the victim's sordid affairs and her rivalries under the microscope.With time running out, Detective Luca must find a way to regain his swagger and solve the case before the killer strikes again.The Serenity Murder is the third book in the riveting Luca Mystery police procedural series. If you like hardened detectives, unexpected plot twists, and seeing the crime from multiple points of view, then you'll love Dan Petrosini's gripping whodunit.Buy The Serenity Murder today and hold on for a white-knuckled police procedural!

Half of the time, the killer gets away...and the case goes cold.Detective Luca knows there are hundreds, if not thousands of killers out there. When he receives a strange call about an unsolved murder, the evil that struck 25 years earlier resurfaces.A teenage girl brutally murdered. A younger brother who was with her that night. A devastated mother, unable to move on.Contemplating fatherhood himself, Luca commits to solving the horrific crime. He'll find the killer, offering the family a measure of closure.But there are a carousel of suspects, the original investigation was botched and someone is trying to stop Luca.Someone who isn't afraid to kill again.

The clock is ticking......as the hunt for a serial killer continues.Fear grips the city.Frank's fight with cancer continues, but it's not keeping him off the job. This killer is clever. As chemo clouds his mind, he struggles with a nagging feeling that something isn't right.Is the killer toying with him?Will he choose justice or vengeance?His partner, Mary Ann, has her doubts, too. The leads are few and seem to be telling different stories. Her profiling skills are put to the test as she wonders if they're chasing a single killer. Is she letting her affection for Frank cloud her judgment?As the body count rises......the new sheriff doesn't think Frank's up to it.Will they be able to stop the murders and save Frank's job?

Peter hated him......and the murder was brutal.Could he really be the killer?Peter served his country in Afghanistan. The brain injury was severe. To survive in the hospital, he kept his focus on the one thing that mattered, Mary. What he found back home, broke him.Mary was with Billy, the bully who terrorized his childhood.When the police arrested him for Billy's murder, they had just one problem......Peter claimed he couldn't remember what he did that night.Detective Luca's career can't afford another mistake. This case could be a problem, though, as the obvious suspect doesn't remember a thing. Is Peter trying to pull a fast one?Who else could have done it?There's more at play than meets the eye. Politics and personal demons plague him. Luca's career and maybe his life are on the line.