Trucker Tales

Road Kill is a classic suspense novel, Chicago Style. Just when you think you can predict the next turn, it takes a new twist. Road Kill is true page-turner. Frank tells a story of intrigue from the seat of his Freightliner. The characters cross paths and meet from time to time, in the great Midwest heartland of America. Offering shelter to a wayward soul turns into a run-for-your-life journey. Had he known what lie in store on the road ahead, he would still have made the same choice. It would be the only decision he could make - what his heart and mind demanded.

Frank Massi sold his cab-over road tractor but that didn't stop him from going across the country with his brother Joey on a fishing trip even though they were the bait and the people after them were using rods with bullets instead of reels. Bullets fly and people die in this fast-paced thriller that starts in the heartland of America and winds up on the Oregon coast. So why are the Massi brothers the only ones having fun? FBI special agent Joe Colletti was fishing for mobsters and dangling the brothers Massi as the bait. Colletti figured Frank Massi was up to the task. After all, Frank had eluded Colletti and all the resources the FBI could muster even while driving a semi tractor-trailer across five states. On this trip it was a coin toss as to whether they would make it or not but no one involved expected them to enjoy the ride.

Frank Massi's wife Jennie is investigating activities at Palatine Park racetrack. Healthy horses are being destroyed. Jennie and her assistant, Cyndy Marconi, were closing in on the culprits until Frank came up missing. Jennie turned to their friend FBI agent Joe Colletti to rescue her man but Frank wasn't lying around waiting for Joe. Jennie chased Frank, Joe chased Cyndy, and they all ended up in the Florida keys where the bad guys were hiding. The girls play detective to solve the case but it's the men-to-the-rescue in Key West, where anything goes. Horses weren't the only ones endangered at the race track. Jennie Massi's criminal investigation uncovered a massive illegal operation at the track, breeding farms, and a rendering plant. Now somebody was holding Frank hostage for her silence and time was running out. Joe Colletti was called in to help and together they brought the case to an end ... or so they thought.

When you get paid by the mile, sitting still isn't an option. All Frank Massi had on his mind was the five grand he would get for driving a big rig from San Diego California to Philadelphia Pennsylvania until he realized there were a whole bunch of people who didn't want him to reach his destination. A run for the money became a run for his life across ten states as Frank eluded his pursuers. Weaving through small towns, on two-lane highways, got Frank where he had to go but without the cargo. Drugs and money were becoming the theme of this haul. Leaving a trail of tangled cars behind him but still facing a gauntlet of killers on the dangerous roads ahead, his ability as a driver was never in question but could he summon the courage to kill or be killed? You bet!

There wasn't ever any question as to whether Frank Massi would be able to drive his rig from New York to Port Angeles in Washington State without getting shot. He had been in this situation before - just on different highways. The real question was whether he would be able to get out of town before the bad guys found him. Having been this way before it was easy to evade the would-be killers who wanted what was in his trailer. Hot cars, hot ice, and hotter women were no match for cool Frank. Hop in. Take a ride.