BOOKS
“Much like 2016’s Set the Night on Fire, the sixth and newest Josie Corsino mystery, The Snow Raven, takes readers to a much earlier time in the street-savvy future captain’s career, this time the 1980’s. Josie is a narcotics detective in Hollywood at a time when dreams of fame and fortune have been replaced by drug dealers and prostitutes who now occupy nearly every street corner in Tinseltown. chasing and busting drug dealers, addicts, and hustlers is more than just a job to Josie, it’s a part of her. But that doesn’t leave much time for her husband and young son. Those wedges only get driven deeper between Josie and her family when one of her snitches is beaten to death with a baseball bat, and the investigation unveils dirty cops in her own division.”
The Snow Raven is also available as an audiobook from Blackstone Audio.
Also, take a look at Connie Dial’s book for young adults, The Mayor of Dupont Street (Benfatto Books, June 2011). This is a mystery set in 1901 San Francisco. Amanda Cleveland is a young girl whose curiosity about a 50-year-old grave on Market Street leads to uncovering secrets about the Chinese men who are buried there and her family. The incredible illustrations in this book are a rare treat for young and old. Look for the next Amanda Cleveland young adult mystery in 2014.
CRIME FICTION
Connie Dial’s series of realistic crime fiction novel.
THE SNOW RAVEN
The Snow Raven by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: September 30, 2020
Available for purchase: Immediately
Synopsis: The sixth installment in the Josie Corsino series goes back to the 1980’s in Hollywood when drugs and prostitution ruled its famous boulevards and LAPD narcotics detectives worked day and night to stem the tide of cocaine and heroin. The brutal killing of Josie’s snitch puts her in the middle of a drug war with organized crime where the hunter becomes the hunted.
WARNING SHOTS
Warning Shots by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: March 31, 2018
Available for purchase: Immediately
Synopsis: Josie recommends firing a five-year police officer and this threat of retaliation comes on top of a serial killer investigation in Hollywood, the retirement of her best detective and a new love interest. She soon discovers all of these events are connected. The complicated journey to uncover the killer leaves her questioning her judgement and desire to do the job she’s always loved.
The Third Hell
The Third Hell by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: February 2017
Available for purchase: Immediately
Synopsis: Twelve -year-old Mathew disappears from his mother’s Hollywood hills condo in the middle of the night. His father Nino Angelo is a retired LAPD detective knows his love of police work cost him his marriage and his son’s love. He’s been trying to make amends to the boy when he goes missing. The search for his son tests Nino’s rusty cop skills as well as his ability to keep evil from overwhelming his life.
Set The Night On Fire
Set the Night on Fire by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: October 2016
Available for purchase: Immediately
Synopsis:In 1971, Josie Corsino is unmarried policewoman Josie Pastore and an undercover operative for the LAPD during a tumultuous period in the city of Los Angeles. She’s immersed in radical politics both inside and outside the department and her only way out is to find a missing undercover officer who disappeared in a mysterious and troubling way.
Unnatural Murder
Unnatural Murder by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: September 2014
Available for purchase: Immediately
Synopsis: A wealthy transvestite is murdered on a Hollywood street in front of dozens of witnesses but no one will tell the police anything. Within hours a second homicide in the same area makes the investigation even more difficult. These killings drag Captain Corsino and her finest if somewhat flawed cops into a bizarre world they mistakenly thought they understood and could navigate.
Genre: Police/Crime/Mystery
Dead Wrong
Dead Wrong by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: May 15, 2013
Available for purchase: Immediately
Synopsis: Captain Josie Corsino of Fallen Angels returns as commanding officer of the LAPD’s always fascinating and dangerous Hollywood police station. This time the fatal shooting of a police officer draws Josie into an investigation that involves one of her sergeants and takes the reader on an exciting journey through the gritty world of policing in Los Angeles.
Genre: Police/Crime
Reviews: Read reviews of Dead Wrong.
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: April 2012
Available for purchase: Immediately
Synopsis: Hillary Dennis, a beautiful but troubled teenage movie star, is brutally murdered in a Hollywood Hills party house. LAPD Captain Josie Corsino responds to the crime scene and ultimately finds herself and her best homicide detective enmeshed in a complex dangerous investigation where the victim has some dark secrets and the killing has just begun.
Genre: Police/Crime
Reviews: Read reviews of Fallen Angels.
The Broken Blue Line
The Broken Blue Line by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: June 2010
Available for purchase: immediately
Synopsis: Detective Mike Turner hates dirty cops worse than criminals. He’s back in LAPD’s Internal Affairs, assigned to a special surveillance squad where he encounters a trio of uniformed thugs who prey on the city they’ve sworn to protect and serve. Despite interference from department supervisors and betrayal by those closest to him, Turner pursues the dangerous, heavily-armed renegades until they target him, and it nearly costs him not only the job he loves but his life. He’s a veteran street cop who follows a trail of death and violence from the environs of Los Angeles to its bloody conclusion in the mountains of central California.
Genre: Police/Crime
Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: June 2009
Available for purchase: immediately
Synopsis: Jim McGann, a deputy chief with the LAPD, goes out for his morning jog, only to find a cop car parked in front of his house. In the trunk is the mutilated body of Alexandra Williams, a police officer who had been having an affair with McGann. It’s a disastrous situation for the department brass, who would like to keep it from the public and quickly find the culprit. It’s also an opportunity for Sergeant Mike Turner of the Internal Affairs Division to get back to what he’s liked most about police work; following clues and his instincts to get to the bottom of this case without falling afoul of the upper echelons of the department.
Genre: Police/crime
YOUNG ADULTS
Connie Dial’s works for young adults.
The Mayor of Dupont Street
The Mayor of Dupont Street by Connie Dial
Publisher: Benfatto Books
Publication date: June 2011
Available for purchase: immediately
Synopsis:The Mayor of Dupont Street is Connie Dial’s first book in the Amanda Cleveland mystery series for young adults. The novel published by Benfatto Books is available on Kindle and in paperback now.
The story is set in 1901 San Francisco and opens with the discovery of a grave on Market Street containing three dead Chinese men. Twelve-year-old Amanda, whose father is the chief of detectives at the Battery Street police station, is fascinated by crime and criminals. She skips school with her little brother Peter to view the grave and begins an adventure that leads to the disappearance of Peter and a frightening excursion through the underworld of Chinatown. In the process, she discovers a shocking secret about the dead men that nearly destroys her family.
There are twenty-two original black and white illustrations by Patricia Milazzo in the book depicting San Francisco as it appeared in the early 1900’s. The clothes, Victorian mansions, Chinatown, and the streets of that city are represented in amazing detail.
Genre: Young adult mystery
OTHER WORKS
Other works by Connie Dial.
New Monologues for Women by Women
New Monologues for Women by Women
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 2004
Available for purchase: 2004
Synopsis: A collection of fifty-nine monologues with tips on auditioning with a monologue. My monologue on page 34-35 is titled “Circles.” An old woman sits in her bedroom remembering her life and sometimes disappointing relationship with her deceased husband.
Genre: Anthology
