VENDETTA IS NOT A CHOICE—IT'S HER DESTINY
From Agatha, Anthony, Barry & Macavity nominated crime writer and winner of Suspense Magazine's Best Books of 2017 …
GIA AND THE CITY OF THE DEAD
Gia Santella is a fast-driving, hard-drinking, karate-trained free spirit, who is gorgeous, sexy, and a young heiress. She is living a life without thought for tomorrow until suddenly a letter appears in the mail and everything changes …
When Gia Valentina Santella’s parents died four years ago, she fled small town Monterey to pursue the high life in the big city where she could smother her grief by playing house in a luxurious high-rise apartment with sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Armed with a hefty inheritance, it didn’t take long for Gia to carve out an empty life for herself in San Francisco, slumming at art school, racing her red Ferrari up and down the coast, and getting hammered at the city’s finest establishments.
Then one day, a letter comes in the mail and everything changes. The death of Gia’s parents was no accident.
They were murdered.
Now, Gia must find who really killed her parents at the same time she’s frantically trying to keep one step ahead of the murderer who is now intent on making her his next victim.
GIA AND THE FORGOTTEN ISLAND
Late one Autumn night, violence breaks out in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, as a hate group and counter-protesters come face to face. Gia Santella rushes to the protest to help find her friend's granddaughter. Sasha Kennedy is a student journalist at U.C. Berkeley covering the protest for the school paper. But when Sasha mysteriously disappears at the protest, Gia learns that the young woman was on the brink of uncovering a story that would blow the whole city wide open.
GIA AND THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL
Gia Santella, the fast-driving, hard-drinking, karate-trained free spirit, has finally put her dark past behind her.
Unfortunately, the past isn't done with her yet.
In this suspense-filled page-turner, Gia travels from her San Francisco neighborhood to her mother's native Sicily.
There, in her efforts to seek justice for a senseless slaying, she stumbles across a complex underworld that knows more about her than she ever imagined.
She soon finds herself face-to-face with a tangled web of deep dark secrets that threaten to destroy everything she ever believed was true.
GIA AND THE LONE RAVEN
He thought he could get away with it. He was wrong.
Gia Santella's hunt for her best friend leads her on a road trip to Mexico where she learns that there is no refuge from evil despite sunny skies and bucolic beaches.
Many Americans flee to Baja, California to escape something--the drudgery of a 9-to-5 life. An abusive husband. A hefty tax bill.
But others go there to kill.
The beauty of Baja hides dark secrets and soon Gia finds herself caught up in a group of ex-pats who like the advantages of living in a place where people can disappear without a trace and nobody bats an eye.
But then Gia comes to town. She will risk everything to save the innocent …