A Mafia Love Story

Three Families is the suspenseful saga of a Romeo and Juliet-like love affair that lives and grows for five decades of time beginning in 1958 in Northern New Jersey. The lovers, young Tony Moretti and Teresa Falzone, are from competing families – the modern day Capulets and Montagues – crime families of New Jersey and New York. The competition between the families is a constant wedge driven between the lovers, threatening to separate them, but it cannot keep them apart, until unforeseen disaster forces its way into their lives.The mystery, suspense and surprises of this thrilling novel will keep you turning page after page to see what happens next. The details of life within the Mafia of the 1950’s and 1960’s are often frightening but always revealing of the true inner character of Tony and Teresa. You will face the brutality, the fear, and the shocking events that affect the characters in this powerful story of life within the Mafia. Arthur A. Lee is also the author of the well known Morgan Crew Murder Mystery Series.

Published:
Publisher: Jacquelyn Lee
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
action & adventure, Mafia, thriller

Tags:
Costa Nostra, Mafia, murder, thriller

Excerpt:

At the request of Joseph Cross's old friend and mentor Chris Rochester, Joseph (Wait Until The Dark Of Night) and Morgan Crew work together to find out who is behind the deaths of Argentinian farmers. They find themselves up against a cold and blood thirsty killer who will stop at nothing to take all the land for himself.

In this suspenseful thriller, Morgan becomes more like his friend Cross, running head long into certain death time and again. And while investigating the murders, Morgan is wooed by a beautiful woman who wants to be his mistress.

Published:
Publisher: Jacquelyn Lee
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
mystery, suspense, thriller

Tags:
military, mystery, suspense, thriller

Excerpt:

Morgan Crew is once again drawn into a mind spinning mystery of murders and drug gangs, this time in Los Angeles, California. A young Italian gang member – Vinnie Escardo – convinces Morgan to travel to L.A. and find the killer of ‘Louie Lips’, the leader of a gang of thieves headquartered at the San Pedro Harbor district. Vinnie is suspected of the murder, not by the police but by his own gang. The penalty will be death if the real murderer is not found.Morgan is confronted with rival gangs – Italian, Afro-American, and Asian – and corrupt police, all in conflict over the prospect of importing drugs into San Pedro Harbor. At every turn, Morgan's investigation is thwarted by murders and lies, and at the same time he is forced to survive one perilous situation after another aimed at getting him out of the picture at any cost.Morgan returns home intent on contacting his friends in Washington, DC and have them clean house in San Pedro. But disaster strikes in the shocking end of this story. The twists and turns of this story will make it hard for you to put this book down.

Published:
Publisher: Jacquelyn Lee
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
mystery, thriller

Tags:
suspense

Excerpt:

Part Two: And Now Revenge

This exciting book is Part Two of Murder To A Slow Jazz Beat, by renowned mystery author, Art Lee. And it is Book 11 of the Morgan Crew Murder Mystery Series. At the end of Part One, “The Killing,” Morgan knows he has rid Europe of a notorious paid killer and has helped to protect Israel from terrorists. He and his gorgeous wife Sandy are ready to fly home from Paris. What he does not realize is that there is a price to pay for his deeds, and now certain secret criminal organizations want Morgan dead. He waits one day too many to leave Paris and is arrested for a murder he did not commit. He is held in a Paris prison that is full of Arab terrorists, and Sandy fears he will be killed there. Out of desperation, Sandy goes to a wealthy friend, Joseph Cross (introduced in A Deadly London Fog and starred in Wait Until The Dark of Night). Cross owns a famous casino in London and is an adventurer who makes most of his money smuggling diamonds and weapons. He and his large, burly protector Billy Volgar agree to help. What follows is one terrifying attempt after another to try to prevent the assassination of Morgan’s whole family. It’s a thriller that will leave you breathless with suspense.

Published:
Publisher: Jacquelyn Lee
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
mystery, thriller

Tags:
France, mystery, Paris

Excerpt:

Part One: The Killing

Morgan Crew and his friend, Detective Bob Sommers, travel to Paris, France to attend the funeral of a college friend of theirs. LeRoy Manns was a musician playing in a jazz band in a Paris Jazz Cellar. His death was reported as an accident but Morgan soon discovers that he was murdered. Despite his better judgement – and that little voice in the back of Morgan’s head that tells him to run away from trouble – Morgan stays in Paris to find LeRoy’s murderer. That seemingly simple task, at least simple for Morgan Crew, turns into an international incident involving terrorists and professional killers. In Part One of this mystery, Morgan is successful in finding the killer but the reader will have to wait for Part Two in order to find out if Morgan’s task is finished.

Published:
Publisher: Jacquelyn Lee
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
mystery, thriller

Tags:
France

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Morgan Crew is hunting terrorists who have stolen a top secret file from one of the Crew Family businesses. And the terrorists are hunting Morgan Crew. A small group of Communists and Arabs from Al Qaida have formed an alliance to get what they need and will kill anyone who gets in their way. Federal Agents demand answers, but they leave Morgan and his family unprotected as he begins to ¬¬-piece the clues together. Morgan goes a step too far and is kidnapped, and when the Agents seem indifferent, Sandy is left to put her own life in peril to find him.This exciting spy novel takes the reader from Morgan's home in California to New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Texas, Colorado, the Mexican Chihuahuan Desert, and Cuba, through gripping action and suspense to a surprising conclusion. And the young and beautiful terrorist, Tamara, will grab your heart.

Published:
Publisher: Jacquelyn Lee
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
mystery, thriller

Tags:
mercenary, mystery, spy

Excerpt:

A Crew family friend, someone Morgan has thought of since childhood as an Uncle, has committed suicide at his family’s ancestral home south of London. Once again Morgan’s family sends him off, this time to attend the funeral and find out what drove the old man to kill himself. A vicious criminal from London’s underworld demands control of a bank owned by Morgan’s ‘Uncle’. A tempest of overwhelming mystery envelopes Morgan and his wife after they enlist the aid of an American expatriate to fight their fight. The scenes shift from the darkest criminal haunts of East London to the luxury of the Cote d’Zur in this spellbinding mystery that will keep you wondering just who is the bad guy and who isn’t.

Published:
Publisher: Jacquelyn Lee
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
mystery, thriller

Tags:
London, Morgan Crew, mystery

Excerpt:

(Previously published as "A Hot Desert Moon") A series of murders at an exclusive High Rollers casino in Las Vegas has one of Morgan’s cousins in jail, accused of one of the deaths. Morgan is sent by his family to help the boy. He discovers massive thefts from the casino which he and his family own. At the turn of every page Morgan and his wife are drawn deeper into the morass, mystery and danger. The heat of the desert, throughout the day and dark nights, add to the environment of peril in a novel you won’t want to put down until the very surprising and shocking ending.

Published:
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
fiction, mystery, suspense, thriller

Excerpt:
Reviews:AndiBear on https://Amazon.com wrote:

This is a great series, I hope tht Arthur Lee writes more in the series, always a surprise ending and just when you think you have figured it out... another twist comes your way.


The Hawaiian Island Murders - Book 8 of the Morgan Crew Murder Mystery Series by Author and Investigator Art Lee.

It is the middle of winter, and it has been bitter cold and snowing in San Marcos, the Northern California home of Morgan and Sandy Crew. They decide to take Caroline on a warm, relaxing vacation to sun and sand of the Big Island of Hawai'i. Caroline's nanny, Betsy, a college student, chooses to stay home and study for upcoming exams.

The Crews have just settled into an elegant suite in their family owned beach-side resort, when an old friend asks for help. A young Hawaiian man who was unknowingly working for the Mafia, has been murdered, and a young, beautiful, and sensuous, pure Hawaiian woman, the mother of the dead man's child, needs to know how and why. Experience the true beauty of the Island and its people, along with the suspense and terror that Morgan goes through as he unravels the mysterious details of the man's death.

Meanwhile, Betsy becomes deeply involved in a search for a missing fellow student, a co-ed from a well-to-do family. Fearing that the young student is in trouble, Betsy defies the advice of Police Lt. Sommers, who tells her to leave the Missing Persons Investigation to him. But she has learned a great deal from Morgan. She perseveres, forcing herself to continue in spite of the fear she feels. She finds herself in one chilling and horrifying situation after another, which may finally cost Betsy her own life.

Published:
Publisher: Silver Cat Press
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
crime novel, fiction, Mafia, mystery, suspense, thriller

Tags:
Art Lee, Arthur A. Lee, Costa Nostra, Hawaii, Mafia, Morgan Crew, murder, mystery, suspense, thriller

Excerpt:
Reviews:Bernyce on Barnes and Noble wrote:

Suspenseful mystery with great characters in a beautiful setting. I love to read books about Hawaii, and it is obvious that the author knows the islands and the people.

*****

Billie Jean White on Amazon wrote:

Fun, easy book to read

Haven't read first 4 but intend to now. Fun, easy book to read. Love to read about Hawaiin culture & landmarks.

*****

ELAINE R PAIGE on Amazon wrote:

4.0 out of 5 stars a good mystery book!

read this book if you like mysteries

****


The Hawaiian Sunset Murders - Book 5 of the Morgan Crew Murder Mystery Series by Author and Investigator Art Lee.

A powerful, suspenseful mystery, and one of Lee's best sellers! Morgan travels to the exotic Hawaiian Islands but not for pleasure. He is once again sent by his family, accountants, and lawyers to save a family investment. He is challenged by a Hawaiian family of power and influence who use murder as easily as they use political manipulation.

And he is forced to face the wrath of the ancient Hawaiian gods who will protect a centuries old altar of human sacrifice. Surrounded by death and mystery and the very real nightmares of demons and ghosts from centuries in the past, Morgan must also live with the fear of having lost his wife, Sandy. She has, for the first time, not traveled with him and Morgan cannot reach her by phone. She seems to have disappeared, but to where and for what purpose? This chilling mystery will hold the reader spellbound to the very end.

Published:
Publisher: Silver Cat Press
Editors:
Jacquelyn Lee

Cover Artists:
Jacquelyn Lee

Genres:
crime novel, fiction, mystery, suspense, thriller

Tags:
Art Lee, Arthur A. Lee, Hawaii, Morgan Crew, murder, mystery, romance, suspense, thriller

Excerpt:
Reviews:Anonymous on Barnes and Noble wrote:

Love each of the Morgan Crew books. I read each book in order and it left me wanting more.

*****

Piemaker on Amazon wrote:

My first Morgan Crew Mystery

Very enjoyable reading. Always enjoy the back ground of Hawaii. So good I bought another in the series right away.

*****

joni on Amazon wrote:

Everlasting Beauty

I enjoyed this book so much, I couldn't put it down. I was captured by the Hawaiian Island spirit. I could smell the ocean , feel the island breeze, visualize the colorful flowers as the story unfolded. I've lived on the islands and also have traveled to other islands . It never gets old it is always a welcome adventure. You will be drawn into the mystery and suspense as I was.Any one who enjoys Hawaii can appreciate this Island mystery.

*****

Andrea M. Gerich on Amazon wrote:

This is a great series, I hope that Arthur Lee writes more in the series, always a surprise ending and just when you think you have figured it out... another twist comes your way.

*****