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Buried at the Lake: A Luca Mystery Kindle Edition

by Dan Petrosini (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 609 ratings
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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 ten years, there had been whispers about what happened to the girl.

What was he hiding?

Her case wasn’t Luca’s priority.

Between his sick wife and The Park Shore Murder, his plate was full. The press was all over it and he needed to find out who murdered the innocent woman relaxing in her backyard. Worth millions, but without any known enemies, what was the motive?

Was it mistaken identity?

Or something sinister?

Those thoughts danced through his head as he tried to get a handle on what happened to the girl. He shouldn’t be focused on her, with the other murder unsolved, but he couldn’t help it.

Something was off.

It didn’t add up.

If he could just figure out what that something was, Luca’s gut said the rest would fall into place.

Will Luca see through the fog and lies?

You’ll love this latest release in the Luca Mystery collection because the twist nobody saw coming changes all the math.

Get it now. *You can enter the Luca Mystery Series with any book.

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    A Luca Mystery
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About the Author

Dan is a USA Today and Amazon best-selling author who wrote his first story at the age of ten and enjoys telling a story or joke.Dan gets his story ideas by exploring the question; What if?In almost every situation he finds himself in, Dan explores what if this or that happened? What if this person died or did something unusual or illegal?Dan's non-stop mind spin provides him with plenty of material to weave into interesting stories.A fan of books and films that have twists and are difficult to predict, Dan crafts his stories to prevent readers from guessing correctly. He writes every day, forcing the words out when necessary and has written over twenty-five novels to date.It's not a matter of wanting to write, Dan simply has to.Dan passionately believes people can realize their dreams if they focus and act, and he encourages just that.His favorite saying is - "The price of discipline is always less than the cost of regret"Dan reminds people to get the negativity out of their lives. He believes it is contagious and advises people to steer clear of negative people. He knows having a true, positive mind set makes it feel like life is rigged in your favor. When he gets off base, he tells himself, 'You can't have a good day with a bad attitude.'Married with two daughters and a needy Maltese, Dan lives in Southwest Florida. A New York native, Dan has taught at local colleges, writes novels, and plays tenor saxophone in several jazz bands. He also drinks way too much wine and never, ever takes himself too seriously.He puts out a twice-a-month newsletter featuring articles, his writing and special deals and steals. Sign up at www.danpetrosini.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09GYR9PZH
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1455 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
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Dan is a USA Today and Amazon best-selling author who wrote his first story at the age of ten and enjoys telling a story or joke.

Dan gets his story ideas by exploring the question; What if?

In almost every situation he finds himself in, Dan explores what if this or that happened? What if this person died or did something unusual or illegal?

Dan’s non-stop mind spin provides him with plenty of material to weave into interesting stories.

A fan of books and films that have twists and are difficult to predict, Dan crafts his stories to prevent readers from guessing correctly. He writes every day, forcing the words out when necessary and has written over twenty-five novels to date.

It’s not a matter of wanting to write, Dan simply has to.

Dan passionately believes people can realize their dreams if they focus and act, and he encourages just that.

His favorite saying is – “The price of discipline is always less than the cost of regret”

Dan reminds people to get the negativity out of their lives. He believes it is contagious and advises people to steer clear of negative people. He knows having a true, positive mind set makes it feel like life is rigged in your favor. When he gets off base, he tells himself, ‘You can’t have a good day with a bad attitude.’

Married with two daughters and a needy Maltese, Dan lives in Southwest Florida. A New York native, Dan has taught at local colleges, writes novels, and plays tenor saxophone in several jazz bands. He also drinks way too much wine and never, ever takes himself too seriously.

He puts out a twice-a-month newsletter featuring articles, his writing and special deals and steals. Sign up at www.danpetrosini.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on November 28, 2021
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As always I was not disappointed in the book. I enjoyed the character in the story were very believable. Excellent plot development. It's one of those books that is hard to put down.
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Regalcanary
4.0 out of 5 stars My First Frank Luca, but not my Last
Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2022
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A mystery/police procedural that moves fairly quickly, alternating narration between a small-force detective and a possible Person of Interest in the homicide of a young woman whose remains are discovered buried on his property. The skeleton remains are presumed to be related to a cold case disappearance of Katie Swift, a close family friend of the property owners. What I liked best was seeing the characters not just as workbots but also as human beings dealing with the vagaries life throws at them, including identity theft, family illnesses, financial struggles….although some issues were only lightly touched upon (how did the Lucas afford Mary Ann’s extremely expensive experimental treatment for MS?) The writing could be clearer, better-edited, but the book is dialogue-heavy and rings true, making for a quick read.
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bluenoser (Zal D)
1.0 out of 5 stars Not up to par
Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2021
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I have enjoyed many of Magson’s previous novels. This one started interestingly but as it evolved the plot became lame and full of happenstances. At points it was almost comical in its simplicity; almost amateurish.
I actually gave up three quarters through, out of disinterest. Disappointing relative to his past books.
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Lenin Simicich, Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Frank Luca Is Back!
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2021
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I thoroughly enjoyed Buried at the Lake, the latest in the Luca Mystery series. When a body is discovered on local businessman Bill Miller's lakefront property, it appears that the remains are those of a friend of Miller's younger brother, who was one of the last to see the victim before she went missing about a decade earlier. This sets in motion an ever deepening web of lies to protect the prominent Miller family from being associated with the death. Frank Luca is back with the Sheriff's Dept. and gets the case. He once again runs into difficulty with a Sheriff who interferes in the case, by putting his own re-election concerns over Luca's investigation.

Dan Petrosini has done a great job yet again. The story is well written, with enough plot twists to keep you guessing right to the very end. Only then do you find out which, if any, of the characters you suspected are actually guilty. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment in this wonderfully entertaining series!
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Snapdragon
3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but…
Reviewed in Australia on January 17, 2023
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There’s some sharp writing here and a very pacey plot. Frank Luca and his offsider are trying to find out who killed the young woman whose skeleton is exhumed on a property belonging to a family with a tragic history who are in building supplies. There’s a second murder he’s required to solve as well. Frank has two “wounds”. He’s had cancer and his wife (who’s little more than a nice understanding cipher of womanhood) has MS. Therefore: huge medical bills. Problems.
Needs better editing, proof reading. Wrong words, wrong names.
By the end, Frank comes across as too good to be true.
There’s a certain feeling of political correctness eg: re Frank’s attitude to DV. Fair enough though. Men should start thinking like this.
Wife Mary Ann really IS too good to be true.
The denouement is plausible… just.
Speech patterns sometimes a little difficult for non-Americans - or is it a problem with the writing?
However.
There’s some nicely realistic interaction with Frank’s new, upwardly mobile boss and some interesting psychology between the three business brothers that reads convincingly.
The story does hold a reader’s attention well.
You get a feel of life in Florida.
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Wade Starling
4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Read
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2023
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Good detective novel with an engaging cast of characters. Easy to read. Sub par proofreading, with a number of prepositional words missing. Also some unexplained (unless I somehow missed them) situations, such as why did Mark call Bill’s wife Aunt Cathy when she was his brother Bill’s wife? And why did Mark say he saw his grandfather at the house the day Kate when missing when it was actually his father?
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Gabi Rosetti
5.0 out of 5 stars "Live like it's your last day, but learn like you're going to live forever."
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2021
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Detective Frank Luca has been back on the force for less than a week when the remains of a teenager (Kate Swift) are found on Bill Miller's property. The body is found by workers digging to build a wall that Bill did not want, but his wife (Cathy) insisted upon having installed. Miller and his brothers (Greg and Mark) are not very helpful about answering questions and hiding behind an attorney (Weinstein). Luca knows they are lying about something, so he and his partner (Derrick Dickson) begin working the ten year-old cold case...

A few days into the cold case investigation, a woman (Sylvia Taras) is shot and killed in the backyard of her Park Shore home. Their new boss (Sheriff Remin) wants Luca and Dickson to put the Swift investigation on the back burner in favor of working on the new case. Sylvia was found by her husband (Paul). They are a very wealthy couple, but seem to have no enemies and the detectives cannot find a motive for the shooting...

What Remin would really like is to have both investigations wrapped up, so Luca and Dickson work the cases simultaneously... They are close to finding out the truth in the Swift case, but are being equally pressured to solve Taras murder...

Mary Ann has been tired and moving slow, her MS symptoms flaring up more frequently and lasting longer. Dr. Bilotti gives a worried Luca some promisingly helpful information...

I figured out the Taras murder almost as soon as the guilty party was introduced... I thought I had solved the cold case, but decided the person I had chosen as suspect that was too obvious. There were a few twists that had me second-guessing myself and then the stunning big reveal that took my breath away, it was so unexpected. Everything I love in a mystery, Buried at the Lake earns five stars from this reader...

AfterThought: I toasted Mr. Petrosini with a 2016 Vigna San Francesco Cabernet Sauvignon while I read this. I enjoy traveling through experiencing wine, reds being my favourite. This was a new one for me and I enjoyed it — oh, and the book was pretty good, too. ;)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Surprised
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024
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I thought I had it all figured out. Couldn't put the book down. Was surprised at how it ended. Recommend reading it
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