Where No One Will See

by Felicia Watson

Overview

Lucia Scafetti, a Philly private eye, has tried to move out of the shadow of her infamous crime family. She has her own business, her beloved dog Rocco, and she's starting to date the cute lawyer down the hall. Her life is upended when her notorious hitman father disappears while in search of the diamond and gold coins he stole from his last victim. Lucia races to unravel the mystery of her father's disappearance before a crooked and powerful cop beats her to it. Though Lucia's allies are scanty and her enemies numerous, she tries to resist the questionable help on offer from her Mafiosi family. It looks like Lucia must finally decide on which side of the law she truly belongs, knowing the wrong choice could send her to prison - or an early grave.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781955065788
Publisher:	DX Varos Publishing
Publication date:	04/11/2023
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

Felicia Watson started writing stories as soon as they handed her a pencil in first grade. When not writing, Felicia spends her time chasing after her not-so-brilliant, but darling and beloved dogs, being chased by her truly brilliant, darling, and beloved husband, is known to friends and family as an amateur pastry chef, and still finds time for swimming and her day job as a scientist.

Editorial Reviews

2023-03-01
A private eye’s familial ties convince others that she’s on the wrong side of the law in Watson’s thriller.

Lucia Scafetti, still in her late 20s, has been running a private investigator’s office in Philadelphia for nearly a decade. It’s become a bit mundane, with the majority of her jobs involving cheating husbands. She gets an unexpected jolt when her father, Carlo, shows up at her door. He’s out of prison a few months earlier than his scheduled September 1995 release from a 20-year sentence he received after killing (for hire) eight people. Lucia doesn’t fancy reconnecting with her dad, whose mobster past has tainted her surname with infamy. But almost as soon as he reappears, Carlo mysteriously vanishes. Then someone starts killing criminals using his M.O., and the police think it’s Lucia. And everyone seems certain that she now has her hands on a diamond and a cache of rare coins that her father had allegedly stashed prior to his jail sentence. If Lucia hopes to clear up the whole mess, she’ll have to delve into the past, identifying the person who hired Carlo as a gunman. As the PI hits the streets to get answers, she eludes the police who are following her, and bad guys take shots at her and even kidnap her beloved dachshund, Rocco. Luckily, she has the strength and resilience to tackle such a precarious undertaking as well as the savviness to make everything she’s doing look easy.The author delivers an enthralling mystery. Many of the characters are unpredictable, from a potentially crooked cop to various untrustworthy family members. A host of knotty questions concerning the homicides, pilfered goods, and Carlo’s disappearance builds intrigue, and readers won’t have to wait until the very end for every resolution. Lucia is an extraordinary hero, standing 6 feet tall and weighing in at a muscular 200 pounds, leading one person to deem her “Amazonian.” Her most notable feature is her wit, as she repeatedly outsmarts others and delivers one-liners with panache: “You’re not only shopping for a smackdown, you brought a coupon.” She also owns up to her faults, as when she uses people to get what she wants, although she’s much more benevolent than she lets on. Her big personality and lurid backstory occasionally overshadow the stellar supporting characters; attorney Hank Narváez, her new office neighbor and possible romantic interest, relates the sad fate of his professional boxer father, a compelling story that is dropped when Lucia, as she’s wont to do, seizes the conversation. Rocco the dog, however, is an exception—Lucia fawns over him as she does no one else, and he’s a fiercely loyal dog whose incessant barking makes his presence impossible to ignore. There are whiplash-inducing plot turns throughout and a wholly gratifying final act. Hopefully Watson will give this unforgettable private eye her own well-deserved series.

A clever, supercool gumshoe effortlessly steals the show in this delightful caper.

Kirkus Reviews