John Paul Carinci is a masterful writer. Whether reading his non-fiction self-help books, or reading his fiction, you marvel what an amazing man writes these works. To read his books is a pleasure and obtain his insight. In Defying Death at Hagerstown, you see his touch in this intriguing book.
The amazing part-Mr. Carinci bought a diary off of eBay, and the genus of this story. Louis Gerhani is a washed out writer working for the famed Washington Gazette. His life has taken a bad turn and he is heartbroken and trying to drink his problems away.
He is given another chance by his editor - to write a feature article about a 110 year old woman in Hagerstown, Lolita Croome.
She is a spry beautiful soul who shows Louis her journal from her youth. There he finds during her twenties, there was a serial murder, killing young women. He starts asking questions, and starts to get threats and real dangerous situations. Someone doesn't
want these murders come to the limelight. Where there's smoke, there is a BIG fire still smoldering.
Defying Death in Hagerstown is not only a story of a sweet little old lady - it is a murder mystery- BUT it is the redemption of a good man who helps Lolita, and by doing so, saves himself.
Layer on layer, Mr. Carinci takes us on a journey of mystery and a story of one man's reaching out and by doing so,changes his entire world.
This is a tour de force for John Paul Carinci! Any book of his you learn. This book will open your heart.
Ellen George, author of the children's book Flutterby; author of poetry and short stories, an Amazon reviewer, and is now writing her first full length novel.
Here's the latest on John's HAGERSTOWN NOVEL "DEFYING DEATH IN HAGERSTOWN"
Staten Islander - John Paul Carinci’s Pens his 8th Book Based On A 1923 Diary
Insurance executive and native Islander, John Paul Carinci has written his 8th book, to be published in early 2015 by Morgan James Publishing. The novel, entitled "Defying Death In Hagerstown" was inspired by an actual diary from 1923.
The idea for this fiction book happened by accident, when John won a diary from EBay, which was penned in 1923, by a young woman from Hagerstown Md. AMAZON LINK: http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Death-Hagerstown-John-Carinci/dp/1630473510/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408391977&sr=1-10&keywords=carinci
The 90 year old diary of 365 pages, was fully handwritten by a woman known only as Lolita. “I knew there was a story there somewhere, but more importantly I was drawn into the time, the young woman, the love interest she had throughout the year,” Carinci says.
“I was CONSUMED with finding out who and whatever happened to this Lolita from Hagerstown Md. It took years to find out who she was, that she married the love interest, and when she passed on. SO, I wrote a novel, based on a character from Hagerstown, named Lolita,” he added.
The story revolves around a young newspaper reporter, who is rapidly self- destructing, after a bad breakup with his fiancée, and who has a drinking problem, is a real mess at work, and is ready to be fired.
His last chance assignment is to go to Hagerstown, Md. and interview a centenarian wonder woman of 110 years old, named Lolita, who resides in a nursing home. The reporter later uncovers the diary from 1923, and that Lolita, in 1923, lived through a mass murder spree of 3 of her young girlfriends in Hagerstown that still was unsolved. The reporter sees a real story in the murders, and is consumed with investigating and solving this 90 year old mystery. But someone in Hagerstown is rattled by his nosing around, and bullets fly, and someone is killed.
The book will be available soon on Amazon.
John has also published his 9th book, a self help book entitled: "Awesome Success Principles and Quotations," published through AuthorHouse publishing. He his currently working on his 9th book, a novel taking place in Gettysburg, Pa.
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