Perdue

Marie Perdita, Book 1

By: Charles D'Amico

Narrated by: Austenne Grey

From the multiple award-winning Neil Baggio series, a new spinoff with a female lead!

Sometimes good people have to do bad things...

To stop the worst drug epidemic in decades and catch a criminal mastermind, burned CIA officer Erin takes on the new identity of Marie Perdita.

After failing to capture Jason Gaines a year ago — and having to kill someone she trusted the most — Marie is no longer playing nice. Taking to the vibrant streets of New Orleans, she is determined not to let him win and create a foothold to spread his deadly drug, Requiem, across the country.

But infiltrating a drug syndicate isn’t easy. She will have to use all the skills she learned from the Agency, her Marine father, and Neil Baggio — the famous private investigator she wronged before assuming her new identity — to cozy up to the right people.

That’s when she meets Diego.

Diego is an intelligent graduate of Tulane University who was dealt a hard blow when his “friend” Andy gave him up to the cops to avoid his own capture. Diego went from college grad to captured criminal in seconds flat.

The only issue? He didn’t do it. Andy did.

But Diego has been biding his time for years, slowly getting close to Andy and making himself indispensable so he can take him down. When he meets Marie, the ability to do just that seems closer than ever.

Not to mention they can't keep their hands off each other.

Can these two people who have been dealt bad hands come together to take down the drug ring and save countless lives?

©2022 Charles D'Amico (P)2023 Blue Handle Publishing

Critic reviews

“Marie proves a superb hero... With exciting showdowns, D’Amico brings the reader into the vibrant world of New Orleans.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Perdue is a firecracker of a thriller that had me biting fingernails and turning pages so fast—I finished reading in a single day’s time.” — Saralyn Richard, award-winning author of The Detective Parrott Mystery Series