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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2011
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Art of Payback

1 - Race To Revenge (Oct-2023)
2 - Beyond Revenge (Apr-2024)
3 - This Isn't Over (Jul-2025)

A Luca Mystery

1 - Am I the Killer? (Aug-2015)
2 - Vanished (Dec-2017)
3 - The Serenity Murder (Apr-2018)
4 - Third Chances (Aug-2018)
5 - A Cold, Hard Case (Nov-2018)
6 - Cop or Killer? (Mar-2019)
7 - Silencing Salter (May-2019)
8 - A Killer Missteps (Jul-2019)
9 - Uncertain Stakes (Oct-2019)
10 - The Grandpa Killer (Jan-2020)
11 - Dangerous Revenge (Apr-2020)
12 - Where Are They (Nov-2020)
12.5 - The Barrow Case (Apr-2021)
13 - Buried at the Lake (Oct-2021)
14 - The Preserve Killer (Mar-2022)
15 - No One is Safe (Oct-2022)
16 - Murder, Money and Mayhem (Mar-2023)
17 - The Golden Sellout (Dec-2024)

Suspenseful Secrets

1 - Cory's Dilemma: Missing the Beat (Aug-2020)
2 - Cory's Flight: Facing the Music (Feb-2021)
3 - Cory's Shift: Cutting a New Track (Jun-2021)

Book List in Order: 28 titles



  • A fathers abandonment and subsequent death of his mother leave a young Nick Covington struggling to control his destiny. Emotionally hardened and yearning for a sense of security, he sets out to build a life believing that only financial suc...



  • Two men battle a brutal regime.A son's freedom against the death of thousands.Is a naturalized American citizens loyalty as strong as a natural born?An earthquake strikes Los Angeles. Will an expansionist China take advantag...



  • Prison or death?Betrayal or self preservation?As the 1970's melt into the 80's, Staten Island is loaded with gangsters and wannabes.It's where an unspoken code rules and where difficult choices are made.Its also where Tommy, a world-class schemer, ca...



  • Is it possible not to remember killing someone?Peter, a brain-injured veteran with plenty of motive, is arrested for a brutal murder. Det. Luca investigates but is hampered by either the marine's inability or unwillingness to recall.˃˃˃ Where Doe...



  • In the face of a death-defying power, what's the "new normal"? Like all reporters, Jack longs for a breaking story but is stuck writing obituaries for a small-town rag. As his frustration mounts, it hits him that no one has died in over three days. J...



  • Obsession can be deadly.What's worse than a missing man?A dead one.Following a messy divorce and the messier death of his partner, Detective Frank Luca needed a break. He needed sunlight and clean air. He needed a re-boot. So, he's traded the ...



  • 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-b...



  • 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...



  • 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 2...






  • Breaking the law to protect your family seems reasonable...until its not.Detective Luca's life is shattered when he's accused of a revenge killing.A corpse turns up and it doesn't look good for Luca. The body belongs to someone who harassed his preci...



  • Chasing a killer can be a deadly job.Detective Luca investigates the death of a high-profile businessman, and it doesn't surprise him the man has enemies. Powerful people make powerful enemies, after all. But Luca isn't prepared for the sheer number ...



  • The pain from being abandoned never went away.After briefly coming back into her life, Joyce's mother is now gone, for good.Murdered.Detective Luca knows he shouldn't work directly with a minor, but he's a father, unable to resist the call for help.W...



  • A woman with a lust for risk taking...She's missing, with more suspects than evidence.While investigating a cold case and juggling family obligations, Detective Luca finds himself at the center of the mysterious disappearance of Beth Wade.As he unrav...



  • Two eighty-year old victims......had roofies in their system.Why would someone give the victims a date-rape drug?Luca has heard the rumors and now there's an official complaint. A high-end assisted-living community's ownership has been accused of abu...



  • It was his first time......being grilled by Internal Affairs.Could Luca clear his name in time?As a new gang, pushing a deadly and addictive drug cocktail, threatens the city, Luca is on the sidelines. Yes, mistakes were made. He should have vetted t...



  • His big music career break......was because of a lie.Did someone know his secret?Cory struggled for years in Manhattan, but just couldn't get a hit. It wore on him and he was desperate. Late one night at the studio, he took a chance, and it made all ...



  • Luca had seen it before......the spouses left behind never believed.Had John really abandoned his drop-dead gorgeous wife?All Luca knew was the 53-year old engineer was gone. She described him in a way that was kind, but sounded like she meant boring...



  • A couple of bad decisions......and he was the perfect one to frame for murder.But who is out to get Cory?It was true, his ex-manager, back in his pop music days, had stolen from him, and it made him mad. Words were exchanged and maybe a threat or two...



  • Regret is a little word that lasts forever... Most homicide detectives remember their first case. For Detective Luca, it was the second one that scarred him. A runner stumbles upon a girl in a park. Dragged off a jogging path, the teenager is dead. L...






  • They sent a message......by stealing part of his daughter's liver.Will it end Cory's fight against the black market for organs?In a Mt. Sinai hospital room, a young boy lays dying. Learning what happened to the child, Cory decided to do something abo...



  • The presumption was murder.Everyone assumed they knew the killer......but what if they were wrong about the crime?It was the most beautiful house on the lake. When a girl's remains are found on the property, Bill Miller seems to know something. For t...



  • When murder becomes a game......there's only one question.How many people are playing?Detective Luca knows the killer posed the victims for a reason. Each body, numbered and staged in a way that makes it evident a madman longs to show up the police. ...



  • 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 cas...



  • $100 Million Dollars......hidden for the taking.Who would find it first?It was shaping up to be a complex case. When David Beas, a designer and partner at a local firm, turns up strangled on the beach, the list of suspects is staggering. Would his bu...



  • When justice couldn't be had......one man balanced the scales.Would he take Mr. Petersen's case?Beck's life took a bad turn when he went into the foster system, but it taught him to survive. He grew up with an unusual moral compass that let him do wh...



  • Save a child, lose yourself.A lone figure stands guard against the forces preying on the innocent. Meet Beck, a silent guardian whose creative schemes right the wrongs slipping through the cracks of justice.Beck receives a tip about a baby girl strip...



  • Two lives lost. One long shot at justice.Luca believed his days of chasing killers were behind him. But the tranquility of retirement is shattered when two boys in his neighborhood are snuffed out by a ruthless drug gang.When the killer escapes to Me...



  • Some justice can't be found in a courtroom. It has to be taken.Beck's mission is personal. Years after escaping a violent foster home, he discovers the sister he left behind is alive and trapped in a dangerous criminal network. To save her, he must d...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dan Petrosini has published 28 books.

Dan Petrosini does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, This Isn't Over, was published in July 2025.

The first book by Dan Petrosini, Ambition Cliff, was published in February 2011.

Yes. Dan Petrosini has 3 series.