“Cousin Weak Eyes, ready to go fetch?” I positioned my wax-filled Hoffman Cream Soda bottle cap behind Lenny Spazzolato’s Miss Rheingold beer cap with my thumb and middle finger in flicking position. I intended to blast Lenny’s skelzie token under the pink and white Edsel. Red-headed Gene Kaplan waited his turn to play. At Lenny’s…
The Valentina Esposito Mysteries, my collection of seven mystery/thriller short stories HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED ON AMAZON – Both PAPERBACK AND EBOOK Valentina Esposito is an unlikely hero thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Abandoned as an infant to an orphanage, she’s rewritten her destiny by becoming a brilliant computer programmer with a thirst for adventure. It…
Delayed boarding, and a long taxiing queue before an evening departure should’ve made me tired enough to sleep on the overnight Air France flight from JFK to Paris. Instead, I dozed fitfully, mostly listening to Anthony and Basso snore in their Business Class seats. Arriving the next morning at Charles de Gaulle Airport, a rainy…
My interview with Close to the Bone Publishing after the release of The Mandylion Featuring Valentina Esposito & Other Intriguing Tales.
An Interview With Joe Giordano | Close To The Bone Publishing (close2thebone.co.uk)
“Valentina. I’m making myself an espresso. Do you want a cappuccino?” My eyes rose from the laptop. Earning my fee as a cybercrime consultant for the FBI, I was browsing the Dark Web, trying to sniff out the jamokes who’d turned identity theft and defrauding the government’s unemployment insurance into a multi-billion-dollar black industry. I…
Was I in heaven? Standing on the bridge above Triphammer Falls, a rare sunny day in Ithaca lifted my spirits as a wafting breeze carried the scent of the surrounding forest, and my ears sunk into the soothing roll of white water churning beneath me. The day would’ve been worthy of bottling had my mind…
Are there any ideas or topics that you wish you had the courage to write about? If I told you that, I’d be writing about it. Which philosophy or philosopher most aligns with your own beliefs? I wouldn’t narrow myself to admiring only one philosopher’s teaching. I think Epicurus had it right to emphasize a…
The Mandylion, featuring Valentina Esposito, and Other Intriguing Tales, a mystery/thriller, will be published by Close to the Bone Publishing June 1, 2024. After two-thousand years, the Mandylion, a priceless, lost ancient image of Jesus, has resurfaced. To authenticate and secure the piece, Anthony Provati and his sister Valentina Esposito are lured to Paris, France by…
Chapter One When her son Billy was sent to Iraq, Angie Dekker purchased fifty-two pairs of athletic socks. She sent him one every week. Like an hourglass, the pile shrunk marking the year until her son returned home. Pair thirty-two was in her hand when the two marine officers appeared at her door. She heard,…
I was eagerly anticipating the third book in the Anthony Provati thriller series after having read the first two books. I enjoy Giordano’s writing style and the way he can so easily create flawed characters we care about. With a few bold phrases, crisp descriptions, and smart dialogue, he can seamlessly transport us into another…
