Böcker av Berardelli David Berardelli

Someone is trying to kill Ralph Deacon, and it looks like the people involved are in the Orlando Mob. After some investigation, Deacon finds out that Giuseppe "Papa Joe" Raguzzo, the Mob's boss, has issued no such order, and that someone among the ranks, perhaps one of Papa Joe's closest associates, is attempting to take over. Papa Joe soon realizes Deacon is the only man he can trust, and hires him to find out who is trying to sabotage the Organization. However, Deacon is much too busy trying to survive, and might not be able to help Papa Joe. Deacon has one valuable ally: a beautiful angel named Mike, who refuses to let anything happen to him. But will Mike be able to help him in this case, when dozens in the Raguzzo Organization might be after him?

John Callen, an Orlando businessman, has flown to Pittsburgh to see an old Army buddy who lives in Bern, Ohio, a small town just two hours away. The two served in Iraq fifteen years earlier, and John hasn't seen his friend since Buster was shipped home after losing a leg from an IED.The reunion starts off well, but turns into a nightmare when John, after shopping in town, returns to Buster's home to find his old friend dead from a fall down the stairs. However, John suspects that Buster's accident might not have happened the way it initially appeared. After some investigation, John discovers that his beloved friend has become the victim of a murder.

Aaron Grill suffers terrible nightmares. When his wife left him for another man, he turned to the bottle and lost his job, his lifestyle and his self-respect. One evening, he is viciously attacked, loses consciousness, and nearly dies. While unconscious, he experiences a hallucination in which a beautiful young woman appears and offers to rid him of his nightmares. When he regains consciousness, he remembers nothing, but when the woman visits him that same night to repeat her offer, he fears he has suffered a concussion and is imagining her. The woman convinces him she is real and that if he accepts her offer, he will no longer suffer nightmares. He is reluctant, but in desperation accepts her offer.As the days progress, he remembers nothing of the woman and soon realizes that he no longer suffers nightmares. He also discovers many other things in his life have changed. Bad luck vanishes. Good fortune has become his constant companion.However, when he meets the woman of his dreams, his good fortune abruptly vanishes. He senses that he has somehow become a pawn of evil and fears that whatever was done to cause these changes in his life will lead to his certain death.

Hank Lee, a field representative for a large construction corporation in Orlando, Florida, is having a drink in a bar one night when he spots a woman who reminds him of someone he'd loved seven years earlier and foolishly let slip through his fingers. Before he can find out if it is truly her, the chain of events quickly turns chaotic, and Hank fears the woman of his dreams could be in grave danger. As he pursues the matter, he realizes he just might be right.Discovering Sally Burns has married one of the richest men in the state, Hank confronts the man with his suspicions about Sally's situation and bears the brunt of the software king's wrath. Suddenly Hank finds himself in danger too, targeted by mobsters. As he searches for the mysterious source of all this trouble, he discovers that corporate politics can be murder - literally. Behind the workings of an international company merger lies a web of greed, deceit, corruption, and revenge ... all which could ultimately lead to death.

Ralph Deacon is back at it, this time to do a small favor for his ex-wife, which should take him less than an hour. But he soon finds himself in the middle of murder, kidnapping, drug smuggling, and a brand-new escort service starting up in the Orlando area. Can he handle this tiny matter on his own? Or will he once again need help from his mysterious friend Mike?

Ralph Deacon, a wise-cracking, small-time detective running a tiny office in downtown Orlando, Florida, is hired to find a deadbeat husband. In the process, he encounters some rough characters associated with the Orlando Mob and a mysterious young woman who comes to his aid during odd moments to help him out of tricky situations.