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THE RICH VITELLI MYSTERY SERIES
When clients wants a body to totally disappear from the face of the Earth, they call upon “The Dry Cleaner.” There are no bones, no skin, no teeth, no pesky fingerprints—not even metal replacement body parts. And, best of all, there’s no DNA left behind. It’s as if the person never existed. For special clients—and the right price—The Dry Cleaner can deliver the total package: a clean kill and an untraceable disposal of the remains.
It’s only when Metro Police Detective Rich Vitelli is tasked with investigating the mysterious disappearance of real estate tycoon Harry Cady Dealey that his and The Dry Cleaner’s paths actually cross. Without a corpus delicti, it’s up to Vitelli to piece together the clues he uncovers, involving organized crime, a disgruntled wife, and her lover, and, of course, The Dry Cleaner. The story is told from the perspective of both Vitelli and The Dry Cleaner, with a surprise ending that will leave readers shaking their heads in amazement. |
When Melody Warren is kidnapped, Metro police think it's an isolated incident. However, her kidnapping was preceded by the disappearance of three other individuals, all in their mid-twenties, all physically fit, and all honors college graduates. Metro Detective Rich Vitelli senses a connection of some kind, so when a fifth, eerily similar disappearance follows, it only confirms his suspicions. Meanwhile, Melody, awakened from a drug-induced sleep, meets a kindly appearing old gentleman named Sheldon Hertz, who tells her of a wonderful opportunity to live and flourish in an idyllic environment, with the only requirement being that she engage with others of a similar demographic, and eventually procreate. For this privilege, she'll be paid ten thousand dollars a month. What could possibly be wrong with such a proposal? The answer is: plenty!
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When Marauders' star quarterback Bobby Doyle goes missing, it starts a chain reaction that pairs Metro Police Detective Rich Vitelli with his old FBI buddy Eric Maddox in a desperate search for the missing athlete. As their search begins, Vitelli is astonished to discover that there is another, parallel effort to find Bobby Doyle, and whoever is behind it will happily resort to murder to find him. The circumstances surrounding the football player's disappearance are convoluted to say the least, and end up involving not only the Russian mob, but Vitelli's old nemesis, Anubis Cline. This is the third in the Rich Vitelli Mystery Series. The first is The Dry Cleaner; the second is True Believers; and the fourth is Vitelli in Venice.
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A dream ten-day honeymoon in Venice! What could possibly go wrong? Well, for Metro Detective Rich Vitelli and his new wife, Pam, just about everything!
First, the wife of Pam’s friend, Calvin Iams, is abducted from their Venetian hotel. Then Iams gets word that unless he cooperates in the theft of millions of dollars’ worth of contemporary art, his wife, Donna, will be killed. And so, a grand scheme begins to play out, masterminded by Vitelli’s old nemesis, Anubis Cline. And it’s Cline’s local minions, operating according to plan, who almost get Vitelli killed! The action takes place in La Serenissima, Venice, one of the world’s most beautiful cities, prone to flooding from time to time. When the elements are just so, they produce Agua Alta, or "high water," an event that only complicates Vitelli’s efforts to thwart what might well be the art theft of the century! Sit back, pop open a cool one, and enjoy Gene Masters’ fourth book in the Rich Vitelli Mystery series: Vitelli in Venice. |