Charles Puccia
author of Mystery & Thrillers
MYSTERY · THRILLERS · SUSPENSE · MYSTERY · THRILLERS · NOIR
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  • Salt & Pepper Man

    All that can happen on a Sicilian holiday.

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    The twists and turns are compelling, as are the complex relationships between the various players. — JenDee73
    This is a fast-paced book you can’t put down. Lots of action. Lots of entertainment. — Becky

    Vinnie Briggs’ chance meeting on his Sicilian vacation with former schoolmates, who are now in the mob, changes his holiday plans. Instead of sightseeing, sex, and pasta, he tangles with Mafia-run refugee camps and human trafficking. Add a steroid-addicted spouse, and Vinnie’s holiday becomes a matter of life and death for him and those he loves.

    The investigation requires Vinnie to make local alliances, including a gorgeous hunk of a lifeguard, a droll Italian Commissario, two beautiful, strong, and clever women, an African refugee family, and a priest who likes money.

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    He Had It Coming by Charles Puccia book cover
    Publication date
    September 17, 2026

    A cleverly twisted comic mystery about bad marriages, good tennis, and the surprisingly crowded field of people who want Dom Langone dead.

    Frances Langone has two secret desires: her very own hunky tennis instructor and the timely demise of her husband, Dom Langone. She gets the second one first.

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    The Story

    Frances is the prime suspect in a murder that everyone at Foxhaven quietly celebrates. Dom Langone was a venture capitalist who destroyed portfolios and friendships with equal enthusiasm, and at the funeral luncheon no one’s crying—they’re at the buffet. None of that helps Frances: an alibi shakier than her tennis backhand, a missing gun her liberal friends don’t know about, and a secret affair with her tennis instructor that only adds to her culpability.

    Unwilling to trade her Gucci for an orange jumpsuit, Frances recruits her two best friends—the irreverent Mavens, Ruth and Misty—to find the real killer. Together they shake down Dom’s colleagues, dodge Detectives “Mac” MacBrite and his cheerful rookie partner Andy Hardy at every turn, and uncover a case tangled in money laundering, drug dealing, and a bank account in the Cayman Islands.

    The problem is the witnesses. Nobody liked Dom—not his colleagues, not his neighbors, not his wife. Into that fog of universal indifference wade the Mavens, armed with country club gossip and sheer nerve, ensuring the official investigation never quite finds its footing. The police follow procedures. The Mavens use whatever methods they can.

    Motive. Means. Two Women From Yoga. Frances Langone Is Either Saved or Doomed. Possibly Both.

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