CRIME NOVELS
The detroit im dyin Trilogy
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THE CAR BOMB (Book 1)
Detroit’s top TV anchor hunts down the story of a judge who may be corrupt—and is one of his pals. Booze, drugs, womanizing and a passion for the news are all part of what drives this brilliant, erratic newsman, a major player in his deeply troubled city.
“Mr. LoCicero’s interest in his characters’ motivations…vaults him into the upper ranks of writers working in this genre.”—Mark Feltskog
“Wild, Crazy and Simply Fantastic.”—Susanne Strong
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ADMISSION OF GUILT (Book 2)
A 12-year-old girl is the desperate focus of John, a young teacher, Charlie, a private detective, and Steven, a narcotics importer. When John makes a shocking move to save his students from the city’s drug wars, Steven’s young daughter goes missing, and Charlie, hired to find her, confronts a challenging moral dilemma.
“From the very beginning, this story was heart-wrenching and gripping. I couldn’t put it down.”—Becky Baldridge
“This is noir fiction at its best.”—Charles Ray
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BABYTRICK (Book 3)
Camie at 14 has run from an abusive suburban home to Motown’s mean streets. Mark’s a free-lancer in town to write about troubled Detroit. And Ella’s a beautiful black attorney accused of murdering a wealthy businessman she used to date. When their paths cross, they’re the target of vicious ghetto hitmen.
“If you like crime writing at its finest and Noir of any type then this is a book for you!”—Mackey Lee
“I read this in one compulsive gulp, as I do the best crime novels. Mr. LoCicero is a compellingly natural stylist in this genre. Highly recommended.”—Mark Feltskog
The Truth Beauty Trilogy
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THE OBSESSION (Book 1)
In a vibrant story of suspense and murder, American grad student Stan falls for lovely Italian scholar Lina. As his unrequited passion turns perverse, he stalks her from a mid-west college town to Bologna’s ancient streets to a shocking conclusion on the volcanic slopes of Sicily’s Mt. Etna.
“…very exciting. I was hooked by the time I finished the first chapter. It is very well written, fast moving and suspenseful.”—Barbara Juhl
“…much closer to the works of Patricia Highsmith, especially the Ripley novels…a fun, stimulating and intellectually captivating tale.”—Robert Blumenthal
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THE DISAPPEARANCE (Book 2)
The dark, edgy saga continues in Geneva, where Lina is caught up in the shadowy world of Swiss banking. Schemes of betrayal and murder surface when her friend Clara disappears, and she joins Clara’s lover Marc in a desperate search that takes them from Switzerland to Italy to a quiet Bahamian island.
“...an intriguing and cleverly plotted thriller”—Christoph Fischer
“Another fabulous thriller…a maelstrom of fraud, fear, danger, betrayal and death.”—Rosemary Standeven
THE TRYST (Book 3, due 2023)
ROMANCE NOVEL
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WHEN A PRETTY WOMAN SMILES
When his New York agency decides Americans are yearning for the simple life, hot-shot adman Tony Rice faces six weeks of secret research in small town Iowa. With wild lies he romances both sexy Martina and lovely Laurel. But when fickle Tony falls hard for one of them, his life flips upside down.
“Mad Men meet Where The Heart Is in this delicious romantic comedy…Charming, tender and wonderfully written.”—Victoria Best
“…sweet, endearing and thoughtful”—Sally Jessica Hvid
LITERARY NOVEL
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SICILIAN QUILT
At 74 a woman looks back at her life five decades earlier. In Grosse Pointe, a bastion of American privilege, it’s the summer before our rebellious ‘60s, and Val at 19 is searching for something beyond traditional gender roles, flaunting sex taboos and pursuing family secrets in a way that will change her life.
“…powerful…beautifully written…a wonderful read.”—Jessica Garber
“A very interesting read for its Grosse Pointe history, culture, discrimination and lifestyle.”—Robin Houghton
COLLECTION
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COMING UP SHORT
A multifaceted treat, this is a sparkling collection of 14 stories, memoirs, essays and occasional pieces penned over the past five decades. They are by turns brilliant, hilarious, moving and insightful, and together they offer a wonderful array of unlikely but vividly realized characters.
“Excellent character studies with horrific overtones that reminded me some of Kathy Bates’ character in the movie ‘Misery.’ Creeped me out…”—Don Kidwell
“A delight. This is a charming, meaningful and educational conversation with one of the very best.”—Greg Jolley
TRUE CRIME/MEMOIR
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MURDER IN THE SYNAGOGUE
Gripping the revolver he would soon use to commit murder and suicide in a suburban Detroit synagogue, a young man confronted his audience of 700 and announced: “This congregation is a travesty and an abomination. It has made a mockery by its phoniness and hypocrisy of the beauty and spirit of Judaism…”
“I was absolutely enthralled by it. It’s one of those non-fiction novels that one simply cannot put down.”—Robert Coles, M.D.
“A fascinating double-portrait of the Rabbi and his killer that holds the reader spellbound from beginning to end.”—Rabbi Jack Riemer
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SQUELCHED
A shocking memoir of corporate deceit and criminality. How a major publisher was pressured to insure the author’s true crime book would fail, and why a remarkable young Jewish woman came forward to tell the author that a wealthy Richard Nixon supporter had arranged to undermine his book.
“A fascinating story about a dark side of the publishing industry.”—Karen Fiandaca
“…so absorbing that I could do nothing else until I finished it.”—Rabbi Jack Riemer