Charles Puccia
author of Mystery & Thrillers
MYSTERY · THRILLERS · SUSPENSE · MYSTERY · THRILLERS · NOIR
CRIME · DETECTIVE · DARK · FICTION · SHADOWS · WHODUNIT
THRILLER · MYSTERY · SUSPENSE · CASE · INTRIGUE · CRIME

Books

Outlier Man

Outlier Man

High school teachers and parents are dying in what the cops call accidents and random muggings, until one parent hires PI Vinnie Briggs to dig deeper. With no clear motive and no obvious link between victims, Vinnie knows the clock is ticking and the body count will rise.

To stay ahead of a smart, brutal killer, Vinnie teams up with Rita Light, a martial arts and fitness champion with a psychology degree. While Vinnie trusts his hard-earned intuition, Rita hunts for motive—but when she crosses a line with a critical witness, the entire investigation is thrown into jeopardy.

As dead ends pile up, Vinnie and Rita uncover whispers of the Outlier Man and a chilling pattern of vengeance. In a world of anxious teenagers, charming adults, and weaponized martial arts, they must untangle a web of vigilantism and decide how far justice should go.

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Detour Man

Detour Man

Private Investigators Vinnie Briggs and Rita Light race to clear their friend Gunter, a massive bodybuilder convicted of murder. The real killers are still out there, and their identity shocks Vinnie, Rita, the cops—and even the FBI.

Gunter has spent a lifetime hiding behind his enormous size to keep childhood trauma and nightmares of Detour Man, a menacing homeless figure, at bay. Despite a body that seems six feet in every direction, fear keeps him from finding real love—until a chance encounter with a young actress whose fascination with his bulging biceps turns cruel.

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Salt & Pepper Man

Salt & Pepper Man

On a vacation meant to repair his marriage, P.I. Vinnie Briggs runs into a high-school friend and is dragged into one of the darkest crimes on earth—human trafficking. What should have been sightseeing, sex, and pasta alla Norma turns into a collision with Mafia politics, refugee camps, and men who treat human beings as cargo.

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