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Law Pacheco #2
Things We Cannot Unsee
A HENIOUS CRIME.
A HAUNTING SECRET.
A SHOCKING DISCOVERY.
There are things that Julianna Casey has seen that will forever fuel her nightmares.
Things she cannot unsee.
"High Octane...intelligent, complex, suspenseful."
--Publishers Weekly
NCIS Agents Lawson Pacheco and Mia Patel are tasked with solving a grisly quadruple homicide: the murders of Julianna's parents and younger sisters--the harrowing scene that Julianna stumbled upon when she got home on a Saturday night.
But nothing is as it seems.
On the surface, it appears as if Julianna's father, Navy Commander John Casey, butchered his family before eating his gun--suggesting this to be a tragic case of a PTSD-triggered murder-suicide.
But is it?
Commander Casey had recently blown the whistle on his superior officers for war crimes committed three years before in Syria--crimes that Casey claimed the Navy tried to cover up.
When an unexpected discovery in the forensics work challenges the official Navy report, Law, Mia, and Julianna are propelled into the netherworld of the opium trade, sex trafficking, and corruption in the ranks that costs them and those they love. But they won't stop digging--they can't stop--even when the answers threaten to consume them . . .
A HAUNTING SECRET.
A SHOCKING DISCOVERY.
There are things that Julianna Casey has seen that will forever fuel her nightmares.
Things she cannot unsee.
"High Octane...intelligent, complex, suspenseful."
--Publishers Weekly
NCIS Agents Lawson Pacheco and Mia Patel are tasked with solving a grisly quadruple homicide: the murders of Julianna's parents and younger sisters--the harrowing scene that Julianna stumbled upon when she got home on a Saturday night.
But nothing is as it seems.
On the surface, it appears as if Julianna's father, Navy Commander John Casey, butchered his family before eating his gun--suggesting this to be a tragic case of a PTSD-triggered murder-suicide.
But is it?
Commander Casey had recently blown the whistle on his superior officers for war crimes committed three years before in Syria--crimes that Casey claimed the Navy tried to cover up.
When an unexpected discovery in the forensics work challenges the official Navy report, Law, Mia, and Julianna are propelled into the netherworld of the opium trade, sex trafficking, and corruption in the ranks that costs them and those they love. But they won't stop digging--they can't stop--even when the answers threaten to consume them . . .
388 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2021
About the author
R.J. Piñeiro
35 books52 followersBorn in Cuba and raised in Central America, R.J. Pineiro spent several years in the midst of civil wars before migrating to the United States in the late 1970s, first to Florida to attended Florida Air Academy in Melbourne. There, RJ earned a pilot's license and high school diploma in 1979, before heading to Louisiana for college.
R.J. earned a degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1983 and joined the high-tech industry in Austin Texas, working in computer chip design, test, and manufacturing.
In the late 1980s R.J. began studying to become a novelist. Reading everything from classical literature to contemporary novels, R.J.'s love of storytelling became uncontrollable. Using an aging personal computer, R.J. decided to launch a writing career.
R.J.'s first published work, SIEGE OF LIGHTNING, a novel about a sabotaged space shuttle, was released by Berkley/Putnam in May of 1993. A second novel, ULTIMATUM, about a second Gulf War scenario, was released the following year, 1994, by Forge Books, which went on to publish R.J.'s next 12 novels over the following 13 years.
In 2015, R.J. teamed up with TV News military analyst Colonel David Hunt to kick off the "Hunter Stark Book Series." The first book in the series, WITHOUT MERCY, about ISIS gaining acquiring nuclear weapons, was released on 3.7.17. The second book, WITHOUT FEAR, about the war in Afghanistan, was released on 8.7.18
In 2017, R.J. also teamed up with New York Times bestselling author Joe Weber. The result is ASHES OF VICTORY, a novel of global terrorism and international conflict released by Ignition Books on 9.3.18
In 2018, R.J. penned a nineteenth novel, AVENUE OF REGRETS, a mystery revolving around sex trafficking and domestic abuse released on 11.16.18
R.J. is married to L.M. Pineiro, an artist and jewelry designer. They have one son, Cameron & Daughter-in-Law Sarah, and two crazy dogs, Coco and Zea.
R.J. earned a degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1983 and joined the high-tech industry in Austin Texas, working in computer chip design, test, and manufacturing.
In the late 1980s R.J. began studying to become a novelist. Reading everything from classical literature to contemporary novels, R.J.'s love of storytelling became uncontrollable. Using an aging personal computer, R.J. decided to launch a writing career.
R.J.'s first published work, SIEGE OF LIGHTNING, a novel about a sabotaged space shuttle, was released by Berkley/Putnam in May of 1993. A second novel, ULTIMATUM, about a second Gulf War scenario, was released the following year, 1994, by Forge Books, which went on to publish R.J.'s next 12 novels over the following 13 years.
In 2015, R.J. teamed up with TV News military analyst Colonel David Hunt to kick off the "Hunter Stark Book Series." The first book in the series, WITHOUT MERCY, about ISIS gaining acquiring nuclear weapons, was released on 3.7.17. The second book, WITHOUT FEAR, about the war in Afghanistan, was released on 8.7.18
In 2017, R.J. also teamed up with New York Times bestselling author Joe Weber. The result is ASHES OF VICTORY, a novel of global terrorism and international conflict released by Ignition Books on 9.3.18
In 2018, R.J. penned a nineteenth novel, AVENUE OF REGRETS, a mystery revolving around sex trafficking and domestic abuse released on 11.16.18
R.J. is married to L.M. Pineiro, an artist and jewelry designer. They have one son, Cameron & Daughter-in-Law Sarah, and two crazy dogs, Coco and Zea.
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March 28, 2021
A riveting, fast moving story...
A riveting, fast moving story, filled with fantastic, interesting and amazing characters. I loved being surprised every time Pineiro throws in another plot twist! - Phyllis Bandy (writing my story.net)
A riveting, fast moving story, filled with fantastic, interesting and amazing characters. I loved being surprised every time Pineiro throws in another plot twist! - Phyllis Bandy (writing my story.net)
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