Naples author releases 14th novel in Luca Mystery Series April 07, 2022 Collier County resident Dan Petrosini is a regular guy, married with two daughters and a needy Maltese. A New York native, he teaches at local colleges, writes novels, and plays tenor saxophone in...

The Preserve Killer - Book 14 in the Luca Mystery Series - is available as a pre-order at a discount! Just 2.99.  Get it before it's released at 5.99.

We hear the term 'red herring' used often, especially in mystery stories. Where does it mean and where did it come from? A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from finding the truth. Writers use the device to lead readers and audiences toward a false...

Super stoked over this amazing cover for the latest Luca Mystery - Buried at the Lake   What do you think? The presumption was murder. Everyone assumed they knew the killer… …but what if they were wrong about the crime?

The headline probably had you wondering.... Is this a curse acronym?  FTK - is short hand for Forensic Tool Kit - sorry if it wasn't saucy enough for you.  As you can imagine, there are many devices used by forensics techs. One of those is called an Imager. This piece...

What animal has fingerprints so similar to humans that they confuse even the best experts? They're very cuddly - Koala Bears. Top row: Standard ink fingerprints of an adult male koala (left) and adult male human (right). Bottom row: Scanning electron microscope images...

Pleas in Criminal Trials I’m not a lawyer but through the research I do writing crime fiction novels, I came across interesting subjects that I like to share. Here’s another one - What are pleas? An answer to a charge made against someone. Essentially, what is your...

Perjury   I’m not a lawyer and this isn’t a legal document or advice. That said, an attorney I was speaking with mentioned someone perjuring themselves. The conversation and possibilities fascinated me. I did a but of research into it and was surprised but what I...

I had a blast on the Read it with Whiskey Podcast.  Laura is a pro and she even read the entire book before the interview.  Check it out.

There are many things we don't know about murders in the USA. This seems surprising in the age of data collection we live in. One stat we can get close to is the clearance/solve rate. Unfortunately, it's an ugly number; only around 60 percent. That means in almost 40%...