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Dan Petrosini

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Dan is a USA Today and Amazon best seller author, who wrote his first story at the age of ten and enjoys telling stories and jokes.

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

In almost every situation he finds himself in, Dan starts exploring what if this or that happened? What if this person died, was hurt, 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 the reader from guessing correctly. He writes each and every day, forcing the words out when necessary and has written over twenty novels to date. It’s not a matter of wanting to write, ...more

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	Buried at the Lake 4.29 avg rating — 797 ratings — published 2021 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vanished (A Luca Mystery, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 727 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Am I the Killer? (A Luca Mystery #1) 3.81 avg rating — 675 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Luca Mystery Series Box Set #1-3 4.18 avg rating — 491 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Serenity Murder (A Luca Mystery, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Third Chances (A Luca Mystery #4) 4.35 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cold, Hard Case (A Luca Mystery #5) 4.37 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cop or Killer? (A Luca Mystery #6) 4.37 avg rating — 279 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Preserve Killer 4.37 avg rating — 261 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No One is Safe 4.42 avg rating — 231 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Petey didn’t have bad luck, he’d have none at all.” “Hit”
― Dan Petrosini, Am I the Killer?

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“and, uh, then finished up downtown.” “Downtown”
― Dan Petrosini, Cory's Flight

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“Grief is the price we pay for love.’ Pretty good, isn’t it?”
― Dan Petrosini, A Luca Mystery Series Box Set #1-3

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“I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.”
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“All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love.”
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“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
― George Orwell

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“George Evans kept tugging at his blue golf shirt. He looked lipless. His pasty complexion and thin lips were the same blah color. His jittery state was evidence that my idea to question him in my office rather than in an interview room hadn’t worked.”
― Dan Petrosini, A Killer Missteps

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