Books by

David Berardelli

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

David was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Gibsonia. He began writing in his early teens and wrote his first book at fifteen. He wrote another novel the next year, and another a year later, while away at Duquesne University, studying music. He was drafted into the Army and spent two years playing in the 80th Army Band at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, doing orchestra work in the Third Army Soldier Show at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia, and playing "Taps" at nearly two hundred military funerals in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.

He has written horror, suspense, thriller, fantasy, and doomsday tales in addition to his humorous paranormal stories. He has also penned nearly a dozen erotic tales under several pen names. He is the author of THE APPRENTICE, WAGON DRIVER, and the DEMON CHASER series, all of which are available through ebooksonthe.net and Barnes & Noble. THE FUNNY DETECTIVE is available through Barnes & Noble. His latest novel, STEPPING OUT OF MY GRAVE, is available through Penumbra Publishing and most other publishing sites. COLORS, a paranormal suspense novel, will soon be published by Penumbra Publishing. The suspense novel ESCAPE CLAUSE, recently published by Penumbra, is available through Penumbra, Smashwords, and all other book sites. FATAL INNOCENCE, another new suspense novel, is presently being prepared for publication by Penumbra.

His favorite authors are Dean Koontz, John Fowles, Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, David Goodis, Thomas Harris, Donald E. Westlake, and Christopher Moore.

His hobbies are big band music, bodybuilding, target shooting, playing with his dogs, and classic movies. He also plays the trumpet, sketches winter scenes, does caricatures, and reads.

Colors

No good deed goes unpunished, and twenty-three-year-old Lindsay Foreman becomes acutely aware of that after helping an old woman struck by a car and left for dead on a Central Florida highway. As the old woman slips closer to death, she tells Lindsay she must give her something. Lindsay has no idea what the woman is talking about and assumes she is delirious. But later Lindsay begins experiencing strange visual sensations, seeing odd colors on people’s faces or above their heads. The more this happens, the more she realizes the colors appear to coincide with emotions and situational responses of people with whom she comes in contact. Desperate to find out what has happened to her, Lindsay digs deeper into the circumstances involving the old woman’s death, hoping to discover clues about this strange ‘gift’ the old woman apparently passed on to her. However, a criminal element seems determined to stop Lindsay’s investigation into the hit-and-run murder. Suddenly Lindsay finds herself in more trouble than she can handle – especially when an undercover DEA agent, C.C. Cross, seemingly comes to her rescue. It’s hard to know whom to trust, but with her new insight, Lindsay has a better idea than anyone can imagine. The question is, will her strange gift of colors help keep her from getting herself – and Cross – killed?

Fatal Innocence

In the course of an investigation, Private Detective Adam Brooks encounters an incredibly beautiful woman whose mysterious past points to serious intrigue. Richard Warden, CEO and owner of WarCo, Inc., the Orlando-based software empire, meets a beautiful green-eyed young redhead in one of his favorite bars and is immediately taken by her beauty and sophistication. While he actively pursues her, tragedy strikes repeatedly in his personal life, and his empire crumbles. Richard has no idea why all these terrible things are happening to him. His only clue is the beautiful mystery-woman who coincidentally entered his life at the same time his troubles started. Has she been hired by one of his enemies or one of his competitors, specifically to ruin him? Adam suspects another reason – maybe she’s a long-suffering victim from Richard’s checkered past, who has vowed revenge and is determined to destroy him. But whoever she is, and whatever she’s up to, it’s a race to find out the truth before the CEO of WarCo goes down in flames. Or ... maybe that’s the best thing that could happen to him.

Escape Clause

Hank Lee, a field representative for a large construction corporation in Orlando, Florida, is having a drink in a bar one night when he spots a woman who reminds him of Sally Burns, the love of his life he’d foolishly let slip through his fingers seven years earlier. Before he can find out if it is truly her, the chain of events quickly turns chaotic, and Hank fears the woman of his dreams could be in grave danger. Following the trail she’s left behind, Hank discovers Sally is now married to one of the richest men in the state. But when he goes to tell the software king Sally’s turned up missing, he finds the man oddly unconcerned, and wonders if he knows more about the situation than he pretends. As Hank digs further to find out what happened to Sally, he suddenly finds himself in danger too, and realizes corporate politics can be murder – literally. Sally’s fate depends her wits and ability to survive, and on Hank’s tenacity to find out the truth and find her before it’s too late. If there’s a contract on her life, what she needs – what they both need – is an escape clause.

Stepping Out of My Grave

Crossing the street to get his mail, thirty-six-year-old Jake Mild is run over by some idiot in a tricked-out truck and wakes up standing in an open grave. Figuring he must have died, he hurries back to his apartment to keep his ex-wife from cleaning him out, but instead meets Sierra, a young girl with a black eye and split lip, walking along the road. Jake tags along, discovers he can do a cool vanishing thing and move stuff with his mind. But will all his new abilities as a ghost give him the power to rescue a living girl who desperately needs help?

Just a Simple Errand

Ralph Deacon is back at it, this time to do a small favor for his ex-wife, which should take him less than an hour. But he soon finds himself in the middle of murder, kidnapping, drug smuggling, and a brand-new escort service starting up in the Orlando area. Can he handle this tiny matter on his own? Or will he once again need help from his mysterious friend Mike?

Funny Detective

Ralph Deacon, a wise-cracking, small-time detective running a tiny office in downtown Orlando, Florida, is hired to find a deadbeat husband. In the process, he encounters some rough characters associated with the Orlando Mob and a mysterious young woman who comes to his aid during odd moments to help him out of tricky situations.

The Apprentice

Rand Powell didn't expect to die before the age of forty. He also didn't expect to wake up in someone else's body, or meet a beautiful, mysterious angel named Harriet. But the biggest shock of all is when Harriet takes him to Barnes, Ohio, a small town in his past, where he is to help a deeply troubled young woman who was in love with him when she was in high school.

The Wagon Driver

In the not-so-distant future, population control becomes a necessity. Kyle Sonnet leaves the State Orphanage when he turns eighteen and becomes a driver for the Department of Population Control. It isn't long before Kyle understands that, contrary to what he has seen on the news, euthanasia is often the only solution. And when he suddenly witnesses a horror he cannot accept, Kyle is forced to decide whether to become another pawn of Society or risk escape, which will result in certain death.

Demon Chaser

Sexy, sassy and dead, Tiffany LeBouf is pulled into Hell by the incompetent demon Gutril. Paired with the demon Chip, she is sent to find Gutril after he is summoned to Ohio by a teenage girl goofing off with a spell she'd found online. They are given three days to find Gutril and bring him back before he can select a mortal host and remain here. As a spirit, Tiffany finds that she has the ability to change her breast size at will and conjure up any outfits she desires. She also realizes that her new powers can keep her from being forced to return to Hell.

Demon Chaser II

After successfully sending Gutrillus Canus back to Hell, Tiffany LeBouf and her sidekick Chip, the mischievous inferior demon, are sent to Central Florida on a brand-new assignment--to find a delinquent inferior brought up by Braithwaite, the new super demon who has come up from Hell to replace Balberith.

Cover art copyright 2010 by David Berardelli and Linda York

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