Lies Can Kill: A Tony Lazcano Mystery Thriller

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About Lies Can Kill: A Tony Lazcano Mystery Thriller

Lies Can Kill is a fast-paced, action-packed page-turner of a novel. Tony Lazcano is a disgraced, former alcoholic ex-N.Y.C. police detective, who is now a self-employed Private Investigator. Tony has just learned that he has a previously unknown adult daughter, Karen, who is in grave danger. Karen had fallen in love with and inadvertently became criminally involved with Jesse, the leader of a large criminal organization with ties to prostitution, gambling, racketeering, extortion, and murder. After Karen is forced to become a crooked police sergeant’s Confidential Informant, Jesse soon learns of this and subjects Karen and her Aunt Crystal to kidnapping, torture and threats of death in order to keep Tina silent. Tony Lazcano teams up with Tina, who is a NYC Police Lieutenant and is also his long-time soulmate, and with his friend Carl, the Special Agent in Charge of the Upstate N.Y. F.B.I. office. Their goal is to rescue Karen and arrest Jesse’s criminal gang. Along the way, they repeatedly risk their lives and encounter numerous violent obstacles and a variety of unexpected dangers. Several of the gang members and three crooked cops are killed, and in the end, all the gang are captured and face serious criminal charges. The novel has some mild, non-erotic sex scenes throughout and is laced with romantic elements. Tina has been Tony’s secret mistress for 30 years. During all that time, one or both were married, and chose not to divorce their spouses for the sake of Tina’s kids and so as not to hurt their spouses. Now, both spouses are dead, and they are free to finally marry, which they do at the close of the book.

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